McDonald v. McDonald

GARRISON, Judge.

Shirley R. McDonald (Wife) challenges the trial court’s judgment modifying an earlier dissolution decree by terminating a maintenance award in her favor. We affirm.

In 1988, Wife filed suit to dissolve her marriage to Steven Forsee McDonald (Husband). On August 9, 1988, the trial court signed a document entitled “Docket Entry,” which was a printed form on which alternative findings could be selected by cheeking a box in the margin. In the “Docket Entry,” the trial court noted Wife’s appearance in person with her attorney, as well as Husband’s waiver of appearance. It made all…