In re the Marriage of Barnes

Wife appeals those portions of the divorce decree fixing the amount and duration of spousal support and the division and distribution of the parties’ real and personal property.

The trial court awarded wife $250 per month as spousal support until she reaches the age of 62 or remarries. The court awarded to husband the use of the parties’ home pending its ordered sale, the proceeds of which the parties are to share equally. Husband received the "long half” of the assets, according to both parties’ estimates.1

The parties were married for 32 years. Wife is age 50, has an eighth-grade education,…