delivered the opinion of the Court.
Thе wife brought this action seeking dissolution of her marriage, custody of the minor child of the parties, child support and distribution of the marital assets. The matter wаs tried on September 26, 1979, before the court sitting without a jury. The findings, conclusions and judgment of the District Court were entered on October 1, 1980, dissolving the marriage, awarding custody of the child and child support to the wife and dividing the property. The husband challenges the distribution and valuation of the property.
The partiеs were married in Kalispell, Montana, in September, 1959. One child was born as issue of the marriage, who at the time of trial was 16 years of age. The parties also raised the minor child of the husband from a prior marriage. Prior to the marriage the wife owned a house which was unencumbered, as well as a feed supply business, household furnishings, a car, a truck, and United Fund shares. The husband owned one car, a small bank account, and a Veteran’s administration life insurаnce policy which was heavily encumbered. The parties contributed to the repayment of the V.A. policy loan during their marriage.
During the early yеars of the marriage both parties worked in the feed supply business until the business was sold in 1964. The husband worked at several odd jobs, then began a career аs an electrician. At the time of trial he was employed as a journeyman wireman foreman at $ 12.80 an hour. In 1969 the wife began working for the State Liquor Store in Poison, where she is currently employed as the store manager. When judgment was entered, the wife was 61 years of age and the husband was 56 years of age.
*26 The house was extensively remodeled during the marriage of the parties. In consideration of the husband’s promise to excavate a basement and remodel the house, the wife conveyed a joint tenancy interest in the house to the husband. The husband contributed labor over a period of seven years but had not completed the work as of the date of commencement of this action. The wife obtained a loan and used the prоceeds plus savings of the parties to have the' work done by others. The appraisal value of the remodeled home was found to be $38,500 and thе total cost of remodeling was $26,757.20 exclusive of the parties’ own labor. The District Court awarded the house to the wife.
The parties owned other property which the court divided between them. The wife received the 1959 Ford truck, the 1970 Pontiac, all the furnishings in the house, the funds in her checking account, a life insurance policy (the “Empire Builder”), and shares of stock in the Life Insurance Company of the Northwest. The husband received the 1971 Chevrolet van, the tоols which relate to his occupation, the V.A. life insurance policy, and certain uncashed payroll checks earned by him. The remaining tools owned by the parties were to be divided by them on an equal basis, and if they were unable to do so a master would be appointed. Child support in the аmount of $150 per month was awarded to the wife. In reaching the conclusions the District Court specifically considered the ages, skills and earning potеntial of the parties. The property division was in lieu of maintenance.
The husband contends that the District Court erred in the valuation and distribution of the maritаl assets and that certain findings were not supported by substantial evidence. Specifically, the husband argues that the failure of the District Court to determinе the net worth of the parties and to assign current values to the motor vehicles, tools, and coins owned by the parties was reversible error. The husband further argues that the District Court acted arbitrarily and exceeded the bounds of reason in distributing over 80 percent of the assets to the wife.
This Court has stated on numerous occasions that the District Court must make findings of fact from which there can be
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determined a net worth of the parties. See e.g.
In re Marriage of Herron
(1980),
All of the major assets were assigned values by the court, with the exception of the motor vehicles, the tools, and the silver coins. This omission does not necessitate a rеversal in view of the equitable distribution of these assets. See
Kuntz v. Kuntz
(1979),
The findings of fact as a whole are sufficiently complete to enable this Court to review the distribution. The house, аppraised at $38,500 and encumbered by a $13,000 loan executed solely by the wife, had a net value of $25,500. The household furnishings, insurance policies and stoсk had a total value of $11,588. These figures are easily computed from the findings of fact. The husband received personal property worth $6,155, while the wife received personal property worth $5,432 and real property with an equity of $25,500.
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Much of the evidence presented at trial concerned the contributions of each party to the remodeling of the house. It appears that appellant is claiming that he made an equal contribution to the improvement of the house and to the acquisition of the other assets and that therefore he deserved one-half of the marital estate. A 50/50 distribution is not required where the result would be inequitable.
In re Marriage of Herron
(1980),
The District Court has far reaching discretion in resolving property divisions and its judgment will not be altered unless a clear abuse of discretion is shown.
Zell v. Zell
(1977),
With regard to the disputed findings of fact, a review of the record indicates that each finding was supported by the evidence. Findings of fact should not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard should be given to the court’s opportunity to judge the credibility of the witnesses. Rule 52(a) M.R.Civ.P. There are no significant errors in the court’s findings and there is sufficient evidence to support the findings.
The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.