Key legal question
Whether the wife could reasonably be required to increase her work from 50% to full-time and thus reduce or limit maintenance.
Extracted holding
No. Given her age, long absence from full-time work, and the employer's structure, a full-time return was not reasonably exigible.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the wife had been out of full-time employment for many years, would have to leave a long-term job or requalify at age 52, and that these circumstances did not justify imposing a full-time work obligation.