Marriage of Chapin v. Chapin

This is an appeal by Robert Chapin (husband) from a decree of dissolution issued by the Nineteenth Judicial District, Lincoln County, dissolving the marriage of the parties, dividing their property and awarding the wife an adjustment allowance and attorney’s fees. We affirm the decree of the District Court.

The parties were married in 1975 and no children were born of the marriage.

At the time of the dissolution, the District Court found that Ruth Chapin (wife) was 38 years old and that although she had several minimum wage jobs during the marriage, she was primarily a wife and homemaker. She…