In RE MARRIAGE OF STEINKE v. Steinke

The petitioner, Judith Steinke, appeals from an unpublished order of the court of appeals, dated January 9, 1985, summarily affirming both the property division and maintenance award in a divorce judgment of the circuit court for Washington county, J. Tom Merriam, circuit judge. We reverse the court of appeals.

The parties present two issues for our review:(1) Did the circuit court abuse its discretion in failing to consider Robert Steinke’s employment pension as an asset of the marital estate to be divided between the parties; and(2) Did the circuit court abuse its discretion in its award of…