In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Jackson

Appellant-husband, 49 years old, seeks reversal of an order modifying a dissolution decree by providing permanent $450 per month support for wife, 48 years old. The marriage had been dissolved after some 23 years in June 1974, and $400 temporary support for wife was provided then, with agreement by the parties that consideration of permanent support would be delayed for approximately a year because of the unsettled condition of husband’s finances. It was in the extensive hearing resulting from this arrangement that the order was made from which this appeal comes.

Substantial property was…