DeVaux v. DeVaux

Erin Colleen Zaback (Zaback), formerly known as Erin Colleen DeVaux, filed an application to modify her dissolution decree to reflect that her former husband, Richard Arlen DeVaux II (DeVaux), was not the father of her minor child. The district court granted the modification, and the former husband appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals. Under our authority to regulate the caseloads of the appellate courts of this state, we removed the matter to this court. We reverse in part, affirm in part, and remand the cause with directions.

On February 14, 1979, Zaback and DeVaux married. On December…