Schroeder v. Schroeder

OPINION

ALLEN G. MINKER, Superior Court Judge.

Petitioner Harold Schroeder appeals from the trial court’s order modifying an award of four years of spousal maintenance to respondent Bernadine Schroeder. Respondent moved to extend spousal maintenance at the end of the fourth year of payment and the court ordered that spousal maintenance continue until death, remarriage, or further order of the court.

We granted a petition for transfer of this case from the court of appeals to review and resolve inconsistent opinions by the two divisions of the court of appeals.

The principal issue addressed in…