In re the Marriage of Laird

This is an appeal from a decree of dissolution of marriage. The appellant-wife contends that she should be granted a greater portion of property and that the respondent-husband should be required to pay more than $400 per month in support.

The parties were married in August 1942, with neither owning any substantial assets. At the time of the hearing below, the husband was 61 years old and the wife was 59. No children were born to the couple during the marriage.

At the time of the marriage the husband was in the U.S. Army. After ventures into the wholesale petroleum business and the hotel and…