In re the Marriage of Macy

The father appeals from a decree of dissolution of marriage between the parties, contending that the trial court erred (1) in awarding custody of the two younger children to the mother and (2) in failing to consider the depreciation of the family home in fixing its value.

The parties were married in 1959 and separated in January of 1976. Four children were bom to the marriage. At the time of the separation the two older children, a son aged 14 and a son aged 11, remained in the family home located on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation with the father. The mother took the two younger children,…