McKee v. Conkle

OPINION

OGG, Presiding Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether a “new” community is liable for the premarital debts of individual spouses incurred prior to September 1, 1973. The case was presented to the trial court on the following stipulated facts:

“(1) Defendant NORMAN B. CON-KLE is a resident of Maricopa County, Arizona;(2) NORMAN B. CONKLE married Shirley Head Conkle on February 17, 1952, and was divorced from Shirley-Head Conkle on June 4, 1968.(3) NORMAN B. CONKLE married Bonnie June Mautz on June 8, 1968, in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.(4) Plaintiff [Kingston McKee]…