Marriage of Fredericksen v. Fredericksen

Appellant wife appeals from an order apportioning the marital estate and denial of her motion for a new trial.

The parties to this action had been married for about three and one-half years at the time the wife filed for dissolution of the marriage. The wife was 22 and the husband was 23 at that time. The couple had no children.

The major marital assets were the family home in Billings, some household furnishings and a 1966 Chevrolet race car. The home had a market value of $39,500 and an outstanding mortgage of approximately $30,000. The husband purportedly sold the race car and a trailer for…