Hethcote v. Hethcote

SACKETT, Judge.

In this case we address the equities of the financial provisions made on the dissolution of a short-term marriage.

Francis and Marie were married, he for the second time and she for the third time, on July 6, 1985. The parties were separated six months later. The dissolution decree from which appeal is taken is dated October 17, 1986. Francis was sixty-three at the time of trial; Marie was fifty-nine.

*84The trial court decree required Francis to pay $500 per month for eighteen months, a $2,000 settlement, $1,000 attorney fees, and $294.60 court costs. Francis appeals contending.the…