In Re the Marriage of Schultz

The wife in a dissolution of marriage proceeding appeals from the amended judgment of the Flathead County District Court and challenges the property distribution and maintenance provisions of the decree.

The parties were first married in June 1967. They were divorced about a year and a half later, but remarried in December 1969. The present proceeding for dissolution of marriage was commenced in July 1977.

At the date of dissolution, the husband was 46 years old and employed as a railroad brakeman-conductor, earning about $1,350 per month. The wife was 37 years old and unemployed, although she…