In Re the Marriage of Gauthier

This is an appeal by Mary E. H. Gauthier (wife) from a decree of dissolution issued by the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, dissolving the marriage of the parties and dividing their property.

The parties were married on May 6, 1967 and were granted a dissolution on December 31, 1981, after 14 years of marriage. It was the second marriage for each party. The wife’s first marriage ended in the death of her husband and the husband’s first marriage ended in dissolution. Each party had five children at the date of their marriage but no children were born of this marriage.

At the time of…