In Re the Marriage of Smith

Edward L. Smith, petitioner, appeals from an order entered by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, requiring him to pay maintenance to his former spouse, Sharon B. Smith. We affirm the District Court’s order.

The issue presented is whether the District Court erred in modifying the parties’ dissolution decree to include a maintenance provision, when the original decree was silent as to maintenance, and one spouse moved the court for modification of the decree.

Edward L. Smith (Edward) and Sharon B. Smith (Sharon) married on June 12, 1960, at Livingston, Park County, Montana.…