Hidy v. Hidy

Rena Hidy Sydow intervened in a partition suit to collect a judgment for alimony and child support. Lonnie R. Hidy, the debtor, demurred on the ground that the judgment liens had ceased under a retrospective statute. Rena contended that application of the statute would invade her property rights in the judgment contrary to federal and state guarantees of due process and to section 16 of the Nebraska Bill of Rights which prohibits impairment of obligations of contracts. The district court dismissed Rena’s claim and she appealed.

The decree was rendered on February 5, 1936. It awarded Rena (1)…