Opinion
No. D 7607 09902, CA 8447
Argued February 23, 1978. Affirmed as modified April 3, 1978. Reconsideration denied May 10, 1978. Rev Den 283 Or. 99 (1978).
Appeal from Circuit Court, Multnomah County.
Charles Crookham, Judge.
Lee M. Zittenfield, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.
Earl H. Mickelsen, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondent — cross-appellant.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Johnson, Gillette, and Roberts, Judges.
Affirmed as modified. No costs to either party.
ROBERTS, J.
Wife appeals from a dissolution-of-marriage decree claiming that the property division was inequitable and that monthly support payments should be increased and made permanent. Husband cross appeals seeking deletion from the decree of any provision for support. We find that the property was divided equitably. In light of the length of the marriage (21 years), and the wife's present unemployability, we hold that the support payments ordered by the trial court ($100 a month) should be made permanent. Kitson and Kitson, 17 Or. App. 648, 523 P.2d 575, rev den (1974).
Affirmed as modified. No costs to either party.