In re the Marriage of Monaghan

In this dissolution of marriage case, the husband has appealed from those parts of the trial court’s decree awarding the wife permanent spousal support in the amount of $400 per month and one-half of the cash balance accrued under the husband’s account with the Public Employes’ Retirement System (PERS). We modify the decree.

This was a 32-year marriage. At the time the decree was entered the husband was 56 and the was 53 years of age. The four children bom of the marriage are all emancipated.

The husband has been employed as an elementary school teacher for thirty years. To supplement his…