In re the Marriage of Edwards

Wife appeals from a dissolution judgment, challenging the trial court’s award of spousal support and the property division. Husband cross-appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s valuation of the parties’ stock in the family business. We review de novo, ORS 19.125(3), and modify the judgment.

The parties were married in 1974. At the time of trial, husband was 59 years of age and wife was 60. The parties both had children from prior marriages. One of wife’s children lived with and was partially supported by the parties for about four years. Husband began his involvement in the family…