Haddow v. Haddow

DURHAM, Justice:

This is an appeal from a decision in which the trial court found that appellant was cohabiting with a man and ordered her to pay to her former husband one-half of the equity in the home in which she was living, pursuant to an equitable lien established in the divorce decree. Because we believe that the trial court improperly construed the language of the decree, we reverse.

The parties in this action, appellant Ingrid Haddow and respondent John Had-dow, were divorced on September 11, 1980. Mrs. Haddow waived her right to alimony. She was awarded custody of the parties’ three…