In Re the Marriage of O'Brien v. O'Brien

SIMONETT, Justice.

In this marriage dissolution appeal, the appellant-wife challenges the trial court’s division of property and the provisions for maintenance, support, and insurance. We affirm, except with respect to the life insurance provision which we reverse and remand.

Appellant Mary Mae O’Brien, age 49, petitioned for a dissolution of her 30-year marriage to respondent-husband Jerome P. O’Brien, age 51. Three of the parties’ five children are emancipated; of the remaining two, one is a college student who lives with her father when not in school and whose tuition is paid by him; and the…