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Matter of the Marriage of Shults

Oregon Court of Appeals
May 7, 1986
718 P.2d 776 (Or. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

84-201 DI; CA A35564

Argued and submitted October 25, 1985.

Decree modified and case remanded May 7, 1986.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Klamath County, Richard C. Beesley, Judge.

Enver Bozgoz, Klamath Falls, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Donald R. Crane, Klamath Falls, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Crane Bailey, Klamath Falls.

Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Newman, Judges.


PER CURIAM

Decree modified to award wife permanent spousal support of $300 per month; remanded for determination of the value of wife's interest in husband's retirement account. Costs to wife.


Wife appeals the distribution of marital assets and spousal support of $300 per month for five years awarded in this dissolution of a 30-year marriage. Our review is de novo. We are convinced that wife is entitled to support for a longer period than that awarded. Although she is employable, she has limited earning capacity because of her limited education and work experience. She is entitled to permanent spousal support of $300 per month. Kitson and Kitson, 17 Or. App. 648, 523 P.2d 575, rev den (1974).

Husband concedes that the decree did not reflect the stipulation made in open court. The stipulation stated that wife should "receive half of the present value of [husband's] profit-sharing retirement plan, with accumulation of that portion at the time that he receives or becomes eligible to receive." The record does not reflect what "accumulation of that portion" means, whether at a fixed or variable rate of interest. We therefore remand to the trial court for determination of the value of wife's interest in the retirement account.

Decree modified to award wife permanent spousal support of $300 per month; remanded for determination of wife's interest in husband's retirement account. Costs to wife.


Summaries of

Matter of the Marriage of Shults

Oregon Court of Appeals
May 7, 1986
718 P.2d 776 (Or. Ct. App. 1986)
Case details for

Matter of the Marriage of Shults

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Marriage of SHULTS, Respondent, and SHULTS, Appellant

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: May 7, 1986

Citations

718 P.2d 776 (Or. Ct. App. 1986)
718 P.2d 776