Marriage of Gales v. Gales

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Upon dissolution of the eleven-year, childless marriage between appellant David John Gales and respondent Michelle Lynne Pederson, formerly Michelle Lynne Gales, the district court ordered Gales to pay permanent maintenance of $350 per month. Gales appealed the permanent maintenance award to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which affirmed the award. The court of appeals held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding permanent maintenance because the district court “carefully and properly analyzed each statutory factor” in the maintenance statute,…