In Re the Marriage of Skiles

SACKETT, Judge.

We address the issue of the trial court’s modification of the dissolution decree to extend the term for payment of alimony. The original decree ordered alimony payable through May, 1986. The trial court found there had been a change in circumstances and determined alimony should continue and the wife should be awarded thirty-five percent of the husband’s pension. The trial court also ordered the husband to pay attorney fees. We determine the decree should not have been modified.

The twenty-nine year marriage of Petitioner-Appellee Claire M. Skiles and Respondent-Appellant Paul…