In re the Marriage of Pfeifer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

The issue before us is whether court-ordered spousal maintenance automatically ceases upon the recipient spouse’s remarriage.

The Quints were divorced in June 1991. Mr. Quint was ordered to pay spousal maintenance in the amount of $125 per month for a period of 30 months, “so long as the petitioner [did] not remarry or cohabitate with a member of the opposite sex.” On December 31, 1991, the petitioner remarried and became Mrs. Pfeifer.

Quint filed a completed, but uncertified, copy of Pfeifer’s marriage license with the trial court that…