Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Woodman

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided October 27, 1983No. 83CA0169PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN CISE, Judge.

Husband appeals from an order increasing maintenance by $100 per month. We affirm.

When the parties’ 30-year marriage was dissolved in October 1979, the husband, an accountant, earned a net monthly income of $839 with expenses of $952. The wife, a receptionist, netted $592 per month with expenses of $804. The trial court, noting the length of the marriage, the disparity in the parties’ earning capacities, and the fact that the wife’s expenditures exceeded her income “by several hundred dollars,” awarded maintenance of $200 per month for three years. The court further provided…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re Marriage of GallegosColorado Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. In Re the Marriage of SinnColorado Court of Appeals · 1983

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of DaFoeColorado Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. In Re the Marriage of CaufmanColorado Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. In Re the Marriage of FernstrumColorado Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. In Re the Marriage of Bowman-BarryColorado Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. In Re the Marriage of DaFoeColorado Court of Appeals · 1983

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