In re the Marriage of Hackley

Husband appeals from a decree of dissolution and assigns as error the property division. We modify the decree.

At the time of trial, the parties had been married 25 years. Husband was 50 years old and wife 51 years old. Both are in good health, although wife has had surgery for varicose veins, and that condition is apparently recurring. There are three children, who are all emancipated. Husband is a college graduate, and wife is a trained x-ray technologist. From 1956 until 1973, husband worked as a salesman in his father’s clothing store in California. From 1973 to 1977, he operated a ranch…