Marriage of Kowis v. Kowis

Petitioner Charles Kowis appeals from the property settlement and maintenance provisions of a decree of dissolution of marriage entered in the Sixteenth Judicial District Court. Petitioner raises a single issue for review: Whether the District Court abused its discretion and acted arbitrarily in distributing the marital property and awarding respondent $400 per month maintenance. We affirm the District Court.

The parties were married in 1964, after residing together for ten years. Petitioner, age 57, has a ninth-grade education. He worked from 1951 to 1978 as a janitor and an unlicensed…