In re the Marriage of Massee

Wife appeals from a dissolution of marriage judgment, assigning error to the trial court’s property division. On de novo review, ORS 19.125(3), we affirm.

The parties were married in February 1991. At the time of the trial, husband was 61 years of age and wife was 44. Husband has been a farmer for most of his adult life, and at the time of the marriage he owned substantial business and real estate holdings. Those holdings included the Mission Nut Company, the Mission Cherry Company, a farm, a residence, a large tract of land known as the “bayou property” and commercial buildings in Salem and…