Stettler v. Stettler

This case presents a challenge by the defendant husband to the property division and lump sum alimony award made by the trial judge, who granted a divorce, itself unchallenged, to the plaintiff.

The rules governing the distribution of property in a divorce case were recently described by the Supreme Court in Johnson v. Johnson, 245 Or 10, 419 P2d.28 (1966). The court said:

“As this court has repeatedly and consistently held in making a distribution of the property of the marital community upon the dissolution of a marriage, each case rests on its own facts. No formula can be stated, nor…