Kast v. Kast

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

LETTS, Judge.

The opinion in this case filed March 18, 1977, is vacated and withdrawn.

The order of the trial court is affirmed.

The parties, married for little more than a year before separating, and each having been married before, engaged in a bitter struggle over the division of their property, culminating in the award of $13,000 lump sum alimony to the wife. This cash award constitutes the principal ground for appeal by the husband, and the only one to which we accord merit.

The wife has filed no briefs in this court, claiming lack of funds to hire counsel.

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