Opinion
No. CC76-47, CA 7745
Argued August 15, 1977
Affirmed September 12, 1977
Appeal from Circuit Court, Clatsop County.
Thomas E. Edison, Judge.
D. Richard Fischer, Astoria, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Hayes Patrick Lavis, and Anderson, Fulton, Lavis Van Thiel, Astoria.
Nicholas D. Zafiratos, Astoria, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Tanzer and Johnson, Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. Costs to respondent.
In this dissolution-of-marriage proceeding the husband appeals, contending that the decree gave the wife a disproportionate share of the family assets. The parties were married for some 40 years. The husband worked until retirement; the wife, now aged 65, worked for the last 20 years of the marriage and is still working. Accepting the husband's figures, roughly $170,000 worth of property was accumulated by the parties during the 40-year marriage, and the judge divided it about equally, with the "long half" going to the husband. There was no award of support. The husband, who is retired, has an adequate retirement income; the wife will soon have an adequate retirement income albeit not as substantial as the husband's. We see no basis for changing the decree of the trial court.
Affirmed. Costs to respondent.