In re the Marriage of Howard

Husband appeals the division of property in a dissolution of a 26-year marriage.1 We modify the judgment and affirm.

Husband’s net pay is $1,595 per month, and wife’s is $258 per month. In 1981, wife received an inheritance of $25,300; husband expects an inheritance of $102,576. The parties owned other assets valued at $58,577, roughly $46,000 of which was equity in their home. Husband also has rights in a pension which was not valued at trial. Wife has serious health problems which impair her ability to be employed; there was testimony at trial that her health would benefit from remaining in…