In Re Marriage of Jacobson

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District dissolving the marriage of Theodore and Verna Jacobson and distributing the marital property of the parties. The husband appeals from that portion of the decree affecting the property distribution.

The’ parties were married in Butte, Montana, on March 16, 1952. At the time of trial, Verna Jacobson was 47 years of age and Theodore Jacobson was 49. The parties have two children, a son aged 22 residing in Alaska, and another son aged 18 who graduated from high school in 1978 and resides on the family ranch near…