In Re Marriage of Schrimpf

How courts have described this case

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• affirming the trial court’s denial of husband’s request to terminate or reduce maintenance based on his retirement where he had sufficient assets to pay maintenance
• court took into account former husband’s life insurance accounts and real estate owned in denying termination of former wife’s maintenance
• court took into account former husband’s life insurance accounts and real estate owned in denying termination of former wife’s maintenance
• “The relevant factors to consider include his age, health, and motives, and the timing of his ability to pay maintenance after retirement, as well as the former spouse’s ability to provide for herself.”
• both observing that maintenance obligations take precedence over vacation homes
• the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to terminate or reduce the husband’s maintenance obligations based on his retirement where he had sufficient assets in the form of various income streams, life insurance policies, and real estate to pay the maintenance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).