Marriage of Calicott v. Calicott

MAUS, Judge.

Upon his Motion to Modify, the trial court reduced the respondent-husband’s payment of maintenance from $1,450 to $850 per month. The basic contention of appellant-wife is that under the applicable law, the evidence does not support that modification. The pertinent evidence will be only briefly summarized.

The parties’ marriage of 28 years duration was dissolved in a contested proceeding on March 24, 1981. See Calicott v. Calicott, 634 S.W.2d 570 (Mo.App.1982). Two of their three children had reached majority. The custody of a 19-year-old son was declared to be in the wife. She was…