Howerton v. Howerton

WASSERSTROM, Senior Judge.

The parties married on January 10, 1981, and that marriage was dissolved by decree in this case on February 2, 1989. At the time of the marriage, the wife had two children by a prior marriage and owned a home in the State of Washington. Following the marriage, she sold the home for $4,000 and cashed a retirement fund from which she received $2,000. At the time of the marriage, the husband had $20,000 to $24,000 savings and stock in the Texas County Post Company, a family corporation by which he was employed.

The wife at that time was a civil service employee of the…