In Re Marriage of Underwood

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• a former wife’s need for maintenance increased where the former husband discharged his portion of the marital debt in bankruptcy and the former wife remained liable on her portion of that debt
• spouse’s bankruptcy discharge rendered him better able to pay a higher amount of maintenance
• spouse’s bankruptcy discharge rendered him better able to pay a higher amount of maintenance
• “Simply because the amount of maintenance was tied to the amount of marital debt [the husband] placed on [the wife] does not render the award of maintenance an abuse of discretion.”
• a former wife’s need for maintenance increased where the former husband discharged his portion of the marital debt in bankruptcy and the former wife remained liable on her portion of that debt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).