Allen v. Allen

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

The parties to this divorce action entered into an oral settlement agreement on April 29, 1992. In their agreement the wife waived all right to spousal support; and in consideration of that waiver the husband agreed to pay certain community debts and to pay to the wife $16,250.00 “to equalize the division of community property.” The April 29, 1992, agreement was arrived at during a “settlement conference” held by the court on that day; however, the agreement was not memorialized in writing until a year later, in April of 1993, when the court entered a written…