Weinberg

Both parties appeal from an interlocutory judgment granting a divorce to each, awarding alimony *562 to plaintiff wife, determining the property rights of the parties, and awarding fees and costs. Neither party challenges the part of the judgment granting the divorce, but each contends that in other respects the trial court committed various errors.

Plaintiff and defendant married on June 2, 1959, and separated on October 30, 1963. They have no children. Plaintiff had virtually no property at the time of the marriage. Defendant's net worth was $489,208.19, including all of the shares of All Metal Fabricators, Inc. and Alpha Engineering Corporation, 50 percent of the shares of Airborne Electronics Corporation, interests in employee profit sharing and retirement plan trust funds of two of the corporations, and several checking accounts. The trial court found that the net worth of both parties increased during the marriage to not less than $2 487,928.08, of which $338,164.93 was community property.

Defendant has two children by a previous marriage, which also ended in divorce. The decree in that case awarded custody of the children to defendant’s former wife, incorporated a…