In Re the Marriage of Gercken

STERNBERG, Judge.

This is a dissolution of marriage action. The parties were first married in 1954, had five children, and dissolved the marriage in New Jersey, in 1976. However, the parties continued to cohabit until they separated again in 1978. Alleging a common-law marriage, the husband petitioned for a decree of dissolution in Colorado and a decree was entered in July 1982. The husband now appeals the trial court’s division of marital property and the orders relating to child support and attorney fees. We affirm.

The husband’s first contention, that the trial court was without jurisdiction…