In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Demke

In this dissolution of marriage proceeding the trial court awarded to the wife the principal asset, the home, valued at $18,500. The husband appeals that portion of the decree dividing the assets, claiming she should not have been awarded the entire interest in the home.

Husband at trial was 61 and wife 45. This was husband’s fourth marriage and wife testified it was her second. They met as the result of husband’s answering “* * * a matrimonial ad in an international publication.” Husband met her in Hof, Germany about two weeks before they were married in November of 1972. Husband provided the…