Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Vakoff

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 19, 1992No. 91-416PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Weber

After a hearing, the District Court for the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, distributed the marital property of the parties in a dissolution proceeding, ordering the husband, Tony G. Vakoff, to pay the sum of $65,283.44 to the wife, Erma R. Vakoff. Mr. Vakoff appeals. We affirm.

There are three issues for our review.

1. Did Mr. Vakoff have the mental capacity to proceed as a pro se litigant at the final hearing on the parties’ dissolution?

2. Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it failed to grant Mr. Vakoff a new trial, or in the alternative, an amended judgment?

3. Did…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of StewartMontana Supreme Court · 1988
  2. In Re the Marriage of KeepersMontana Supreme Court · 1984
  3. In Re the Marriage of CannonMontana Supreme Court · 1990
  4. State Ex Rel. Department of Health & Environmental Science v. BernhardMontana Supreme Court · 1986

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Estate of Nielsen v. PardisMontana Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Clark v. DussaultMontana Supreme Court · 1994
  3. In Re the Marriage of DorseyMontana Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Clark v. DussaultMontana Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Estate of Nielsen v. PardisMontana Supreme Court · 1994

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