Bidstrup v. Bidstrup

CLARK, Judge.

Ernest R. Bidstrup was granted a decree of legal separation from Ida Virginia Bidstrup on his petition. The court divided certain assets and awarded Ida monthly maintenance of $150.00. She appeals contending that the maintenance was inadequate and that the allowance was against the weight of the evidence in that it failed to take account of her limited employment opportunities, her physical disabilities, the length of the marriage and the standard of living formerly enjoyed by the parties.

The parties were married in 1946 and, according to the husband’s petition, they separated in…