Key legal question
Whether the husband showed grounds to modify the agreed separation maintenance downward.
Extracted holding
No. The appellate court held that the settlement-based maintenance arrangement could not be reopened on the asserted grounds.
Extracted reasoning
The original maintenance figure was part of a compromise reached after party questioning, with known income discrepancies already reflected in the settlement. Under the limits applicable to settlement-based measures, no sufficient basis existed to revisit those resolved uncertainties.