In re the Marriage of Johnson

Husband appeals from a dissolution judgment, claiming that the trial court erred in not equally dividing bearer bonds that wife’s parents gave to wife during the last ten years of the parties’ 26-year marriage. On de novo review, we affirm.

The parties were married in 1967. They have one grown child. Wife, who was 53 years of age at the time of the trial in 1994, was an elementary school teacher for 30 years. She took early retirement in 1992. In addition to full-time employment, she was the homemaker and primary care giver for the parties’ child. Husband, who was 59 years of age at the time…