Pouech v. Pouech

¶ 1. Wife appeals the family court’s decision refusing

to allow her to amend her divorce complaint to seek maintenance. We conclude that the family court applied the wrong standard in determining whether to consider her request for maintenance in light of the stipulated settlement that the parties had filed. Accordingly, while we affirm the divorce decree, we reverse the family court’s August 5, 2004 decision and remand the matter for the court to reconsider wife’s maintenance request and whether to accept or reject the parties’ stipulation in whole or in part.

¶ 2. The parties were married in…