In Re the Marriage of Beeh

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

The trial court in this cause denied alimony to a wife who devoted sixteen and one-half years to the role of full-time homemaker and mother to three children. It grounded its decision largely on the progress of “women’s liberation,” sex equality, and the general social and economic emancipation of women. The wife, petitioner Elizabeth Beeh, appeals from this and other provisions of the dissolution decree. We modify in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions.

Petitioner and respondent were married April 2, 1956. They have three children: Debra, born February 12,…