In re the Marriage of Enders

Wife appeals the division of property in a dissolution action. Specifically, wife appeals the trial court’s adoption of husband’s proposed property division, prepared in response to the court’s memorandum opinion, that did not include an equalizing judgment in favor of wife. We review de novo and modify the court’s order to provide for an equal division of assets.

The parties were married in January 1991. Husband and wife each had two children from previous marriages, but only one child, husband’s son, was a minor at the time of the dissolution. There were no children of the marriage. Both…