Questão jurídica principal
Whether the wife was entitled to post-divorce maintenance reflecting the standard of living during marriage.
Decisão extraída
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.
Fundamentação extraída
The marriage lasted about 25 years and the wife had run the household and cared for the children, enabling the husband’s professional advancement.