Key legal question
Whether the divorce maintenance could be modified under former law due to the wife’s improved financial situation.
Extracted holding
A modification was possible because the recipient’s income had increased significantly in a way that was not foreseeable at the time of divorce.
Extracted reasoning
Under former law, maintenance may be reduced or abolished only if the change is important, durable in human terms, and unforeseeable at divorce. The wife’s income had risen substantially, satisfying the threshold for modification.