Dowling v. Dowling

679 P.2d 480 (1984)

Vivian L. DOWLING, Appellant,

v.

James K. DOWLING, Appellee.

No. 6454.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 30, 1984.

William T. Ford, Anchorage, for appellant.

John W. Sivertsen, Jr., Richard D. Pennington, Aglietti & Pennington, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BURKE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

James and Vivian Dowling were divorced in Anchorage on September 24, 1974. The divorce decree incorporated the parties' property settlement and child custody agreement. The agreement provided that Vivian Dowling receive custody of the four…