In re Marriage of Beust

In In re Marriage of Beust (1994) 23 Cal.App.4th 24, the parties' stipulated judgment had provided that the husband's support would continue for six years and thereafter would be reduced to one dollar per year. (Beust, supra, 23 Cal.App.4th at p. 26.) The former wife filed a modification order seeking to extend her support beyond the six-year period. She provided evidence that she was still dependent upon continued support from her former husband in order to meet her continuing needs. Although it found that the former wife's expenses "far outreach" any income she brings in, the trial court denied her modification motion. The Court of Appeal reversed, concluding that "where the marriage is of long duration and the wife is without employment skills, the husband's support obligation may be extended" (id. at p. 29), especially where the husband had a "continued standard of living much higher than the wife's" (id. at p. 30).