Oster v. Oster

This is an appeal by a wife contesting the District Court’s distribution of marital property, the denial of her motion for a new trial, the denial of her motion for temporary maintenance pending trial and pending appeal, and the ordering of each party to pay his or her own attorney fees.

The husband and wife were married in Miles City, Montana, on November 6, 1965. The wife was from New Jersey and the husband had been a lifelong resident of Montana. At the time of marriage the husband was 33 years old and the wife was 29. The wife brought two children to the marriage, Eric, then age 51/2, and…