Doss v. Doss

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Husband appeals from the circuit court’s order modifying the dissolution decree by reducing wife’s monthly maintenance award to $575.00 per month and assessing $900.00 in attorney’s fees against husband.

The parties were divorced in 1976 after 18 years of marriage. The dissolution decree awarded custody of the two minor sons to husband and awarded wife maintenance of $750.00 per month. Wife had not worked outside the home at any time during the marriage and possessed no special skills or training with which to support herself.

On October 23, 1979, husband filed a…