Facts
The parties (born in 1960 and 1963 respectively) married in 2004. They separated in August 2012. The marriage remained childless.
The District Court of Landquart initially obligated the husband to pay the wife a monthly maintenance contribution of CHF 4,500. With the decision of November 18, 2015, the District Court dissolved the marriage of the parties and obligated the husband to pay post-marital maintenance contributions of CHF 4,500 until the wife reaches the statutory AHV retirement age.
The husband filed a complaint against this judgment, requesting the dismissal of the maintenance claim as of March 2016 and a finding that the wife's maintenance claim no longer exists as of March 2016.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court refrains from awarding post-marital maintenance, as the marriage cannot be classified as life-shaping. Although the wife no longer pursued gainful employment after the marriage and became financially dependent on the husband, the parties maintained a long-distance relationship without any necessity for it. The wife did not contribute to the family maintenance, but led…