In Matter of Marriage of Baumgartner and Baumgartner

In this dissolution proceeding, wife assigns as error the trial court’s division of property, its requirement that she be medically examined each year to determine her employ-ability and the failure to grant her permanent spousal support. On de novo review, we modify the property division, eliminate the medical examination requirement and affirm the award of spousal support.

At the time of trial, husband, age 35, and wife, age 41, had been married eight years. Wife is a college graduate and worked as an executive secretary before the marriage, but has not worked since. She suffers from a…