Brian Gardner, Appellant/cross-Respondent v. Ruth Ann Gardner, Respondent/cross-Appellant

Summary

The court held that the district court abused its discretion by awarding Ruth only two years of rehabilitative alimony because that award did not fairly account for the length of the marriage, the parties' disparate earning capacities, and Ruth's substantial sacrifices for Brian's career. It modified the award to provide an additional ten years of alimony at $1,000 per month and remanded for an amended judgment retaining jurisdiction to address substantial changes in circumstances. Young, J., dissenting, would have affirmed the district court's award and deferred to its continuing jurisdiction to modify support.