In Re the Marriage of J.J.C.

This is an appeal brought by both parties from a marital dissolution order of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, awarding wife custody of the parties’ only child, child support and a $15,000 property settlement, while denying her request for attorneys’ fees. We affirm.

J.J.C. and P.R.C. were married in October, 1979. However, within a very short time, problems arose and by July, 1980, wife had moved out of the couple’s house and had returned to her home in Great Falls.

Wife was pregnant at the time of the separation and in August, 1980, gave birth to a son named J.C. This separation…