In re the Marriage of Maurer

Husband appeals from a decree of dissolution assigning as error the following:

1) Awarding permanent spousal support;

2) Valuing husband’s veterinary opthalmology practice in a manner that attributes too great a value to the goodwill of such practice; and

3) Providing for annual increases in the amount of child support where there was no evidence to establish the fact or level of inflation.

This is a 17-year marriage. Husband is 40 years old and is one of about 25 veterinary opthalmologists with clinical practices in the country. He works three days per week in Eugene and flies to San Mateo,…