Dorothy Louise Beck, v. Wendell Lee Beck

This is a divorce case. The lower court's judgment dissolved a marriage that had endured, tumultuously at times, for over 29 years. The trial judge granted the 46-year old
plaintiff, Dorothy Louise Beck (Wife), a divorce on the ground of adultery; awarded her custody of the parties' two minor children1; established the child support obligation of the 47- year-old defendant, Wendell Lee Beck (Husband), at $300 per month; valued the parties' net marital estate at $372,040, which he divided equally between them; and awarded Wife alimony in solido of $25,000 to be paid out of Husband's share of the proceeds from the auction sale of a portion of the parties' Englewood farm. Husband appeals, raising issues that present the following questions: