Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of Heistermann
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 30, 1991No. D011242PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WORK, J.
Marilyn Heistermann appeals an order modifying that portion of a judgment of dissolution which had awarded spousal support following her eight-year, eleven-month marriage to Forrest Heistermann. We reverse because the modifying court identified no change of circumstances to support its order setting a termination date for actual support and terminating jurisdiction. We conclude the court inappropriately justified its order upon its perception there is a judicial policy favoring shifting the support obligation for permanently disabled ex-spouses of “borderline” lengthy marriages…
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