In re the Marriage of Holt

Husband1 appeals and wife cross-appeals from an amended dissolution judgment.2 The issues are property division, spousal support, and attorney fees. On de novo review, we modify the judgment and affirm it as modified.

Husband, then 34, and wife, then 26, began dating in 1976, and on July 1, 1978, began cohabiting in a house that husband owned in Lebanon. Wife’s sons from a previous marriage lived with them. In November, 1979, the parties bought and moved into a house in Salem. They made a $16,500 down payment, of which wife contributed $4,000 and husband, $12,500. Husband testified that only…