In Re the Marriage of Wormell

METZGER, Judge.

In this dissolution of marriage action, husband appeals from the permanent orders relative to maintenance, distribution of property, and attorney fees. Wife cross-appeals from the permanent orders relative to property division. We reverse and remand.

Husband and wife had been married twenty-three years. Husband was a self-employed field service engineer who reported a net income of $56,611 in 1981. He testified that, because he had lost some contracts, his net income for 1982 would be $40,800.

Wife was a self-employed registered nurse who operated a placement service for nurses.…