FAMILY LAW – Maintenance, change of circumstances: Daunhauer v. Daunhauer (COA 9/4/2009)

Daunhauer v. Daunhauer
2008-CA-000378 9/4/09 2009 WL 2834838 Released for pub.

Opinion by Judge Acree; Judge Nickell and Senior Judge Knopf concurred. The Court reversed an order of the family court denying a motion to terminate appellant’s maintenance obligation created by an order dissolving the parties’ marriage.

The Court held that appellee’s ability to meet her financial needs with her own resources constituted a change in the parties’ circumstances so substantial and continuing as to render the continuation of the obligation unconscionable.