In Re the Marriage of Gillespie

Margaret Lewis appeals the trial court’s distribution of property and denial of spousal maintenance in this dissolution action. Her claims include a challenge to the trial court’s characterization of the payment that her former husband received in exchange for a covenant not to compete. Finding the trial court’s characterization and valuation proper, and no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS

David Gillespie and Margaret Lewis married in December 1987. Gillespie had three children from a former marriage and was an employee of Wheatland Insurance Center, Inc., in Oregon. Gillespie was also a…