Legal Opinion
Medlock v. Medlock
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 12, 2002No. S-00-1083PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGerrard, J.
NATURE OF CASE
This is an appeal from the decree dissolving the marriage of Linda Marie Medlock and Melvin “Buddy” Eugene Medlock. The issue presented in this appeal is whether Linda was entitled to a share of the assets of Union Oaks, Inc., a nonprofit religious corporation operated by Buddy.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Buddy and Linda were married in 1972 and have five children, three of whom were under the age of 19 at the time of trial. Child custody is not at issue in this appeal.
Buddy was ordained as a minister in 1971 by the Christian Brotherhood, an organization of which Buddy was one of the…
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