Casper v. Casper

PALMORE, Justice.

This is a divorce case practiced under KRS 403.110 et seq., the 1972 “no-fault” divorce law (c. 182, Acts of 1972). Only the husband appeals. The principal question concerns the meaning of the words, “unable to support himself through appropriate employment,” as used in subsection (l)(b) of KRS 403.200, the maintenance statute. A subsidiary question is whether the amount of maintenance directed by the judgment is reasonable.

The parties married in 1946 and separated in 1967. Although the complaint was filed in 1969, the evidence was not taken until 1972 and judgment was…