In Re the Marriage of Robertson

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, which modified the decree of dissolution relating to maintenance for appellant. We reverse and remand.

The principal issue raised by Patti Jean is whether a district court may modify maintenance provisions for a wife, where the district court has approved and incorporated in the decree a property settlement agreement presented by the parties. We hold here that the District Court has no such power and so reverse. The specific provisions of the property settlement agreement here are important…