Case Name: In the Matter of the Marriage of GATHRIGHT, Respondent, and GATHRIGHT, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1979-10-22
Citations: 42 Or. App. 639
Docket Number: No. 78-5777, CA 13786
Parties: In the Matter of the Marriage of GATHRIGHT, Respondent, and GATHRIGHT, Appellant.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Buttler and Gillette, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 42
Pages: 639–641

Head Matter:
Argued September 21,
affirmed as modified October 22, 1979
In the Matter of the Marriage of GATHRIGHT, Respondent, and GATHRIGHT, Appellant.
(No. 78-5777, CA 13786)
601 P2d 813
A. Dean Owens, Eugene, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Arlene A. Platt, Eugene.
Stephen J. R. Shepard, Lane County Legal Aid Service, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Buttler and Gillette, Judges.
SCHWAB, C. J.

Opinion:
SCHWAB, C. J.
In this dissolution-of-marriage proceeding, husband challenges the distribution of the assets of the parties, consisting primarily of a house, and that portion of the decree awarding the wife permanent spousal support in the sum of $250 per month. So far as the property distribution is concerned, we agree with the trial court.
The wife is 38 years old and apparently in reasonably good health. The husband has a take-home pay of less than $1,000 per month, out of which he must pay debts and child support for two children. The wife intends to become a practical nurse. She should be able to achieve this goal within four years and thus become self-sustaining. We modify the decree to terminate spousal support four years from the date the initial payment was to commence, March 15, 1979.
Affirmed as modified. No costs to either party.