763 S.W.2d 317 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1988
Husband appeals his dissolution decree disputing the division of marital property and the award of maintenance to wife. We affirm.
Husband first argues the trial court erred in overvaluing his pension plan thereby rendering an inadequate division of the marital property. The trial court valued both the pension plan and the marital home at $75,500 and awarded the pension to husband and the home to wife. After attesting to a long list of variables used in deter
Husband also disputes the award of $350 per month maintenance to wife, arguing no award is warranted or, in the alternative, only a limited award is warranted. Considering wife’s absence from the employment market, her current work skills, her current income and expenses, and the marital property awarded to her, there was no abuse of discretion in the award of maintenance. Hart v. Hart, 741 S.W.2d 105, 107[2, 3] (Mo.App.1987) (where there is no concrete evidence wife’s ability to support herself will improve in the near future, husband’s recourse is a motion to modify when the circumstances change).
The trial court’s judgment is supported by substantial evidence and is not against the weight of the evidence. No error of law appears and an extended opinion would serve no precedential value.
Judgment affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).