In re the Marriage of Faikes

In this dissolution proceeding wife appeals and assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to grant her request for $300 per month permanent spousal support.

The parties were married for 26 years. At the time of trial, both were in good health; two of their three children resided at home. Of the two, one is over 18 years old and is employed full-time; the other, 17, is in his senior year in high school. Husband, age 48, works as an elevator installer earning $14 per hour. Wife, age 45, had at time of trial recently begun work as a hamessmaker in a factory at $3.90 per hour. Wife has no…