In Re the Marriage of Whitlow

In this dissolution case the trial court awarded custody of the parties’ four and one-half year old daughter to the wife, ordered the husband to pay $50 per month child support, and ordered the proceeds of the sale of the parties’ house divided evenly between them. On appeal the husband contests all three decisions.

The parties separated because of the wife’s affair with a man in Georgia where they were living while the husband was in the army. At the time of the separation in July 1975 the parties agreed that the child would live temporarily with the husband’s parents in Siletz, Oregon. They…