00-3152 In Re the Marriage of Robinson v. Robinson

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Gordon Robinson appeals from the judgment divorcing him from Shirley Robinson. He challenges a requirement that he pay a substantial portion of Shirley’s attorney fees, a lump sum payment in lieu of a maintenance obligation, a finding regarding a maintenance delinquency, and the double-counting of an IRA account in the computation of the marital estate. Shirley cross-appeals, claiming that maintenance should have been held open, that interest received on certain bank accounts should have been included in the marital estate, that the trial court should have found that Gordon squandered assets, that the trial court should have taken taxes into account before counting rental money as an asset in the marital estate, that the trial court failed to account for several bank accounts in the division of the estate, and that the trial court miscalculated the equalization payment.

We affirm the lump sum award in lieu of maintenance, but, for the reasons discussed below, remand for a recalculation of the property division and attorney fees.

This opinion will not be published.

Dist III, Eau Claire County, Gabler, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys:

For Appellant: Daniel M. Smetana, Altoona

For Respondent: James R. Duchemin, Eau Claire; Stephanie L. Finn, Eau Claire