Marital Property Division
Sufficient evidence existed to find that wife’s just proportion of the marital estate was nearly one-half of the estate, even though husband had to support the five minor children, where husband retained possession of the marital residence, the 100 acre farm, the livestock, the farm equipment and the machinery, and taking into account his other assets, it was plain that he had sufficient resources to maintain a secure and productive style of life, while the resources to maintain a secure and productive style of life, while the wife had no marketable skills and was employed outside the home only once since she was married. In re Reed
The evidence showed respondent’s gross income was reflected in her 1979income tax return as approximately $16,000; respondent was employed as a legal secretary; petitioner’s gross income for 1979 was $41,870; the total amount of marital property involved was about $144,000; respondent received about 61 to 62% and petitioner about 38 to 39% plus the optometry business; the fact that the trial court awarded respondent more than half of the property did not make the division unfair; an equitable division the property did not make the division unfair; an equitable division of marital property is not necessarily an equal one. In re Greenberg