In Re the Marriage of Helmle

HABHAB, Judge.

Former husband, Clyde Helmle, appeals from the' economic provision of the parties’ dissolution decree. Clyde claims the district court erred in the division of property and in awarding alimony. We affirm as modified.

Clyde Helmle, born January 22, 1944, and Connie Helmle, born November 19, 1944, were married for thirty years when Clyde filed for dissolution in 1992. For the last seven years of their marriage, they were separated and lived apart. However, they continued to file joint income tax returns until 1990. In 1991, they filed separately. At the time of the separation, the…