Swetich v. Smith

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

Daniel Swetich signed a separation agreement in which he agreed to pay his wife Carolyn Smith, f/k/a Carolyn Swetich, alimony of $600 per month for ten years, with a six percent annual increase escalation factor. This negotiated separation agreement was incorporated into their divorce decree. Carolyn remarried and Daniel promptly stopped making his alimony payments. Daniel now appeals the district court decision which indicated his agreement to pay alimony did not automatically terminate upon Carolyn’s remarriage.

We affirm.

ISSUES

Daniel, as appellant, raises two issues:

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