Key legal question
Whether the wife was entitled to an unrestricted post-divorce maintenance claim based on a life-shaping marriage.
Extracted holding
The marriage was life-shaping, and the wife could not reasonably be expected to maintain herself fully; an indefinite maintenance entitlement was not unlawful.
Extracted reasoning
A marriage lasting more than ten years creates a presumption of life-shaping effect. The long separation did not rebut that presumption, and the wife’s age, health, and limited earning capacity supported maintenance.