Van Bloom v. Van Bloom

This is an action for dissolution of marriage instituted by the husband against his wife. The respondent wife essentially assigns two errors. (1) The trial court erred in failing to properly divide the marital estate between the parties. (2) The trial court erred in ordering that the alimony awarded to respondent should terminate upon the death of either party or remarriage of the wife. We affirm.

The parties were married in 1965. It was John’s second marriage and Marilynn’s fourth. No children were born of this marriage. John, however, adopted Marilynn’s youngest daughter, Diana, born…