Phelps v. Phelps

WASSERSTROM, Chief Judge.

From a decree dissolving their marriage, both parties appeal.

At the time of dissolution, the husband was age 62 and the wife 53. This was the husband’s second marriage and the wife’s third. At the time of trial they had been married six years. Both parties agreed that the marriage was irretrievably broken, and their argument has been solely with respect to the monetary aspects of the dissolution. A previous appeal to this court was dismissed and the cause remanded to the trial court because of a failure of the decree to dispose of all the marital property.

The wife’s…