Bussewitz v. Bussewitz
Alimony, child support and attorney fees are in the nature of support and are not part of the property division.
Alimony, child support and attorney fees are in the nature of support and are not part of the property division.
Abuse of discretion to order a property division in lieu of maintenance in a long marriage. The order required wife to invade the corpus of her estate while there was no provision for support, education or training.
Maintenance and property division are interdependent and cannot be made in a vacuum. Therefore, when property division is remanded, so is maintenance.
The same asset cannot be considered for both maintenance and property division.