Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the wife was entitled to post-divorce maintenance reflecting the standard of living during marriage.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The wife had a principle right to continue the marital standard of living, given the long, life-shaping marriage and the spouses’ division of roles.
Extrahierte Begründung
The marriage lasted about 25 years and the wife had run the household and cared for the children, enabling the husband’s professional advancement.