In Re the Marriage of Williams

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Sharon Williams and John Williams appeal from various provisions of the trial court’s dissolution decree terminating their marriage. Sharon appeals from the property settlement and child support provisions of the decree. John cross-appeals from economic provisions and the court’s grant of child custody to Sharon. We modify and affirm.

John and Sharon were married in 1959 when he was nineteen and she was fifteen. They had eight children, ranging in age from eighteen to six at the time of trial. Early in the marriage, John began operating a muffler shop. The business grew, and…