In Re the Marriage of Harris

HAYDEN, Presiding Judge.

Thomas and Nancy Harris were married in 1981. They had two children together: Ka tie, born June 29, 1983, and Brian, born August 23, 1985. Nancy had a daughter from a previous marriage, Tara, born June 17, 1977. Thomas adopted Tara when she was seven.

Thomas filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on December 26, 1991. Thomas was thirty-nine years old at the time of the dissolution trial, and Nancy was thirty-five. Both parties worked full-time at the Rock Island Arsenal.

The parties essentially stipulated Nancy should receive primary physical care of Tara. The…