Mehrle v. Mehrle

FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

This action for dissolution of marriage was instituted by Johnnie Mehrle against her husband Parker Mehrle. The parties, who will be referred to by their first names, were married on February 5, 1972. Johnnie was then 32 and Parker was 39. Each had been married before. Johnnie had three children by a prior marriage, and Parker had two children. This marriage was childless. The parties separated on May 18, 1989, and this action was filed on August 14, 1989.

Johnnie’s petition requested, among other things, “that the court divide the marital property,” and that the court…