In re the Marriage of Burke

Opinion by

Judge JONES.

In this proceeding from the dissolution of a twenty-six-year marriage, Michael B. Burke (busband) raises the issue whether the trial court erred in affirming the magistrate's determination that the parties' separation agreement divested the court of jurisdiction to consider his motion to modify maintenance payable to Brigitte Burke (wife). We reverse.

The parties' 1998 stipulation for permanent orders was read into the record at the time the decree of dissolution was entered and, later, the transcript of the oral stipulation was adopted as an order of the court. The…