Court Opinion

ID: 9683481
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:29:35.393128+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:48.185075
License: Public Domain

SHRUM, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I agree with the principal opinion in every particular but one. I respectfully dissent from the action this court takes in establishing the amount of the maintenance award.
I have no quarrel with the general proposition that this court, pursuant to Rule 84.14, has authority to enter an award of maintenance. However, I do not believe the rule and the cases that apply it require us to determine the amount of maintenance under all circumstances.
The principal opinion contains a clear exegesis of § 452.335 as it applies to the facts of this case. With this opinion in hand, the trial court would have ample guidance in fashioning an appropriate maintenance award.