In Re Marriage of K.B.

TITUS, Judge.

K.B., the wife (petitioner), and R.B., the husband (respondent), were married in Kansas in February 1962. Petitioner and respondent are both forty-four years old, and have lived in Springfield since 1970. Three children were born of the marriage: the oldest, age twenty, is now a college student, while the other two, ages eighteen and fifteen, are completing high school. All are in good physical and mental condition.

Both petitioner and respondent are well educated: petitioner became a licensed dental hygienist just prior to the marriage, and respondent became a licensed dentist…