Bess v. Bess

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Wife appeals dissolution decree contesting denial of maintenance and attorney fees and the division of the marital property. We affirm.

The marriage of the parties was dissolved after twenty-six years. Wife, having worked continuously for the past sixteen years, had gross earnings of approximately $15,000 per year. Husband had gross earnings of approximately $37,000 per year. Both were forty-four years of age and in good health. Two of the three children lived at the family home but all were over twenty-one years of age and self-sufficient.

The major asset was the marital…