Court Opinion

ID: 9721844
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 09:10:49.482652+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:28.893198
License: Public Domain

WAHL, Justice
(dissenting).
I join the dissent of Mr. Justice Otis. It is hard to believe that Mrs. Otis would willingly have agreed to have her case decided under Minn.Stat. § 518.552 had she known that the section would be interpreted, as the majority today interprets it, to effect a sharp change in existing law. The statute should not, as Justice Otis notes, effect such a change. All the factors which § 518.552 requires the trial court to consider in making maintenance payment decisions were identified as important by this court. Serious consideration of a number of the factors identified in § 518.552-the duration of the marriage, Mrs. Otis’ age, physical and emotional condition, and Mr. Otis’ ability to make payments-gravitate in favor of a permanent award for Mrs. Otis.