concluding that an obligor was able to pay support because his income was “adequate to provide him with the ability to meet his needs while providing the ordered spousal maintenance”
How later courts described this case
- concluding that an obligor was able to pay support because his income was “adequate to provide him with the ability to meet his needs while providing the ordered spousal maintenance”
- a court generally compares the monthly expenses to net take home pay to assess the need for maintenance
- remarking that “no single factor for determining the type or amount of maintenance is dispositive”
- “[T]he issue is basically the financial needs of [the spouse seeking maintenance] and [his or] her ability to meet those needs balanced against the financial condition of [the spouse from whom maintenance is sought.]”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
WAHL, Justice
(dissenting).
I join in the dissent of Justice Otis.