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IN RE MARRIAGE OF ECKERT v. ECKERT

No. 87-0804.

144 Wis.2d 770 (1988)

424 N.W.2d 759

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF Rita M. ECKERT, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Dennis W. ECKERT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Richard B. Jacobson, and Borns, Macaulay & Jacobson, of Madison.

For the petitioner-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Welker and David A. Schumann, and Brennan, Steil, Ryan, Basting & MacDougall, S.C., of Janesville.

Before Dykman, Eich and Sundby, JJ.

SUNDBY, J.

Dennis Eckert appeals from an order extending the term of Rita's maintenance indefinitely. The family court entered the order on Rita's motion after Dennis obtained a discharge in bankruptcy of his property division obligations under the divorce judgment. Dennis claims that the family court abused its discretion in two respects. First, it "recreated" the property division in the guise of maintenance, contrary to the bankruptcy code and the

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