In re the Marriage of Hedrick

Marquardt, J.:

Judith B. Hedrick appeals from the district court’s order reducing maintenance from $1,325 per month to $500 per month.

On January 2,1991, after 17 years of marriage, Judith and Bruce Hedrick were divorced. The decree incorporated a separation and property settlement agreement (PSA), which the parties executed on November 29,1990. Bruce, an attorney, drafted the PSA. Judith was in law school when she signed the PSA.

The PSA provided:

“The HUSBAND shall pay maintenance to the WIFE in the sum of $1,325.00 per month, commencing December 1,1990. Said payments continue each following…