In Re the Marriage of Watson

The husband, John Watson, appeals the marital property distribution as ordered by the Cascade County District Court. The issues on appeal are:

1) Whether the District Court abused its discretion in dividing the marital property?

2) Whether the District Court erred in offsetting the $28,000 maintenance award from the property awarded to the husband?

We affirm.

The wife, Maybelle Watson, married her first husband, Walter Evers, in 1930 and had two children by him, Judy Evers Kurth and Jon Evers. The Evers lived on a ranch in Chouteau County, Montana. Mr. Evers died in 1948 and left his entire…