Cord v. Cord

OPINION

Virginia Cord appeals from a judgment declaring all assets from the estate of E. L. Cord to be separate property. This represents the second appeal between the parties.

In the initial case of Cord v. Neuhoff, 94 Nev. 21, 573 P.2d 1170 (1978), we held a post-nuptial agreement between Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cord invalid. We reversed and remanded the case for the district court to determine whether any of E. L. Cord’s estate should be apportioned as community property.

On remand, the parties stipulated that from 1937 to 1953, 11.6 percent of E. L. Cord’s separate holdings constituted community…