In re the Marriage of Thompson

Husband appeals from a dissolution judgment. He claims that the trial court erred in awarding custody of the parties’ child to wife, in evaluating his retirement accounts as of the date of trial and in awarding certain personal property and support to wife. On de novo review, we affirm.

Husband, 38, is an attorney. Wife, 31, is a legal secretary. They were married in 1982 and had a child in December, 1986. Wife stayed home with the child until he was 18 months' old. During that time, husband was working about 12 hours a day, and wife did most of the caretaking of the child. In May, 1988, the…