In Re the Marriage of Buttrey

HAYDEN, Presiding Judge.

Robert and Diane Buttrey were married on June 14, 1991. They had lived together since 1984. Robert was Diane’s fourth husband. It is unclear whether Robert was married before. Diane has had three children: Matthew Shilling, Erin Buttrey (now deceased), and Erika Buttrey, bom on August 11, 1983. Robert is not Erika’s natural father, but he adopted her in April 1993.

Robert filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on May 13, 1994. Robert and Erika lived in the marital home prior to trial. At the time of trial both parties were forty-four years old, and Erika was…