In re the Marriage of McLennan

The trial court awarded indefinite spousal support to wife in this case. The majority modifies that award to provide stepped-down support that will terminate at the end of *385eight years. In so doing, it correctly articulates the factors that we are to consider, but it applies those factors in a manner that fails to acknowledge the reality of wife’s situation.

This was a 19-year marriage,1 at the end of which husband had advanced degrees and wife had little more than her high school diploma. Husband earns over $3,000 per month and wife earns $800. The significant and undoubtedly permanent…