In Re the Marriage of Lester

COYTE, Judge.

Husband appeals from a judgment of the trial court dissolving the marriage of the parties and dividing the marital property. We affirm.

Wife filed a petition for dissolution of marriage alleging that the marriage had been irretrievably broken. Husband filed an answer and the matter was set for hearing on March 4, 1980, at which time wife was unable to appear. A decree was entered by the court at that time finding the marriage to be irretrievably broken and with the further finding that deferral of the hearing on division of property was necessary in the best interest of the…