Atkinson v. Atkinson

STEVENS, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff-wife was granted a decree of divorce, the decree incorporating a prior property settlement agreement. The former husband appeals.

The parties had been married for approximately 14 years at the time of their separation. They are the parents of two daughters, who were 9 and 11 years of age at the time of the separation. The trial was held about a year later.

Shortly after the separation the husband and the wife’s father, who is an attorney, met in a series of conferences and drafted a property settlement agreement. These conferences appear to have been reason-1…