Foutz v. Foutz

OPINION

BIVINS, Chief Judge.

Husband appeals the Final Decree of Dissolution of Marriage and Property Settlement, challenging the division of community property, award of alimony, and assessment of wife’s attorney fees and costs. We vacate the final decree, other than the portion dissolving the marriage, and remand for further proceedings.

The trial court found that the parties had been married forty years and had raised seven children, all of whom are grown. Husband is a self-made businessman, Indian trader, and real estate developer. Wife has never worked outside the home and has no marketable…