· 5/19/2009
In Re the Marriage of Melius v. Melius
Citations
- 765 N.W.2d 411
- 2009 Minn. App. LEXIS 83
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- explaining that district court may consider obligee’s ability to meet needs independently through full-time employment
- noting that district court may impute income to an obligor to determine spousal maintenance if it finds the obligor is underemployed in bad faith
- stating that an evidentiary error is not prejudicial unless it might reasonably have influenced the trier of fact and changed the result of the trial
- determining that the district court did not abuse its discretion by including post-separation expenses in wife’s budget, as wife testified credibly about expenses, and they related to the parties’ standard of living during marriage
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Judges: Kalitowski, Lansing, Schellhas
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