In re the Marriage of Taylor

Wife appeals a dissolution judgment that requires husband to pay spousal support of $250 per month for 13 years and awards husband the right to claim the parties’ one minor child as a dependent for tax purposes. On de novo review, ORS 19.125(3), we reverse and remand.

At the time of trial, the parties were both 49 years old and had been married for 28 years. Their minor child was 16 years old. Wife has a high school education plus one year of college. In addition, she took some college-level computer classes in 1993. She worked as a bookkeeper for approximately six-and-one-half years during…