Caddy v. Caddy

The respondent, Dorothy J. Caddy, has appealed from an order of the district court which denied and dismissed her amended motion to vacate and modify a decree previously entered in a marriage dissolution proceeding. We review the case de novo on the record.

A decree dissolving the 30-year marriage of the parties was entered by the court on August 10, 1979. On March 21, 1983, the petitioner filed an application for modification of that decree. The respondent filed an amended motion to modify the decree. She asked that the court either vacate the decree and enter a “new decree” increasing the…