Spousal Maintenance

By: Derek Hawkins//June 14, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: Timothy R. Boyle v. Shari A. Boyle

Case No.: 2015AP2144

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Lundsten, and Blanchard, JJ.

Focus: Spousal Maintenance

Shari Boyle appeals an order granting Timothy Boyle’s motion to modify maintenance based on an approximate $69,000 reduction in his annual income. The order modified maintenance from $12,000 per month to $10,000 per month and continued to impute $50,000 in annual income to Shari. In spite of the undisputed drop in Timothy’s pay, Shari had sought at the modification hearing to have the circuit court keep maintenance at $12,000 per month or raise it to $14,000 per month. She argued that the value of Timothy’s employment benefits should be counted as income and that Shari’s earning capacity is actually zero. Shari argues on appeal that the order modifying maintenance failed to accomplish the support and fairness objectives of maintenance. We affirm the order

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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