McCALLISTER v. McCALLISTER

No. 17067.

809 S.W.2d 423 (1991)

Wanda Gail Pingleton McCALLISTER, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Stanley Curby McCALLISTER, Respondent-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

May 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.H. Terando, Wilhoit, Edmundson, Terando & Welch, Poplar Bluff, for respondent-appellant.

James E. Spain, Keith D. Sorrell, Spain, Merrell and Miller, Poplar Bluff, for petitioner-respondent.


SHRUM, Judge.

In this domestic relations case, we must decide two questions: (1) whether the trial court erred in entering a decree of legal separation rather than dissolution when the wife failed to deny, by verified pleading or sworn testimony, the husband's allegation that the marriage was irretrievably broken and (2) whether the trial court erred in awarding maintenance of unlimited duration to the wife.

Because the wife did not deny under oath that the...

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