In re the Marriage of Whitcomb

In his petition for reconsideration, husband points out that in other cases we have expressed the view that a decree of dissolution should "seek to disentangle the parties’ financial affairs and make them free from each other’s interference.” Slauson and Slauson, 29 Or App 177, 183-84, 562 P2d 604 (1977); see also Rislove and Rislove, 31 Or App 305, 307, 570 P2d 403 (1977). In our decision in this case, we did not "disentangle” the parties completely, and we made no reference to the quoted principle.

Disentanglement is indeed to be preferred. However, in this instance, we were faced with a…