In re the Marriage of Krutsinger

Husband appeals from a dissolution judgment, assigning error to the court’s award of spousal support and to the property distribution. Wife cross-appeals, assigning error to the amount of child support, to the property distribution and to the award of attorney fees.1 On de novo review, ORS 19.125(3), we modify the judgment on appeal and on cross-appeal.

At the time of trial, husband, age 51, and wife, age 46, had been married 18 years. They have one minor child. Husband owns and operates an insurance business, earning $5,573 per month. Wife worked as a teacher during the early years of the…