In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Duvall

Husband appeals from the financial provisions of the decree of dissolution. He contends that the trial judge erred (1) in giving wife her choice of "alimony” or additional child support and (2) in awarding the wife the appreciable assets (family home) while giving the husband the depreciable assets.

The marriage of the parties was of 14 years’ duration. Two children were born to their union. At the time of trial the girl was aged 12 and the boy aged 9.

Wife received the following: the family home, which had been purchased eight years before for $16,000, subject to a $4,500 lien to husband…