In Re the Marriage of Chilton

BILLINGS, Judge.

This appeal arises from the decree entered in a dissolution of marriage proceeding. Appellant-wife seeks reversal of the award of custody of the minor son to respondent-husband, and contends the court erred in the division of the parties’ property and denying her attorney fees and costs to prosecute this appeal.

We first consider the custody award. The parties were married September 1, 1971, when James was 31 and Kathy was 17. Their only child was born in 1972 and at time of trial was nearly four years of age. The decree awarded James primary custody, with Kathy having custody…