In re the Marriage of Edwards

Husband appeals a judgment of dissolution, challenging the trial court’s determination of marital debts and property, calculation of child support, and valuation and division of property. We review de novo, ORS 107.405, ORS 19.125(3), and remand for modification of the judgment.

Husband and wife, who are both in their late-30s, married in December 1984 and separated in July 1994. They have an eight-year-old son and a six-year-old daughter. Husband is an auto mechanic who, until the time of trial, earned approximately $28,000 a year employed as a shop foreman and approximately $1,000 a year…