In re the Marriage of Jones

Husband appeals from the judgment in this dissolution action. His only contentions on appeal concern the trial court’s disposition of certain assets of a trust that was established by husband’s deceased parents and of which husband is the trustee.1 On de novo review, we modify the judgment.

The parties were married in 1973. Husband was 73 and wife 54 at the time the dissolution judgment was entered. The parties had one child, Esther. Husband had three children by a prior marriage; wife had one child by an earlier marriage, whom husband adopted. All of the children are adults.

The trust was…