In re the Marriage of Dickson

Wife appeals a judgment distributing the parties’ marital property and a related supplemental judgment awarding attorney fees. She assigns error to the trial court’s denial of her motions to set over the trial date on the property division trial; wife requested the continuance in order to obtain new counsel after the trial court permitted her fifth lawyer to withdraw, and to further prepare for trial. We review for abuse of discretion, State v. Hug, 186 Or App 569, 572, 64 P3d 1173, rev den, 335 Or 510 (2003), and affirm.1

Wife requested a continuance both for the purpose of obtaining new…