Holthaus v. Parsons

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court for Sarpy County, Nebraska, which denied a request to set aside a conveyance in fraud of a creditor, but nevertheless ordered the plaintiff’s judgment to be a lien on the subject real estate. The defendants appeal. We reverse.

A creditor’s action to declare a conveyance fraudulent invokes the equity jurisdiction of the trial court and on appeal is reviewed de novo on the record. Brown v. Borland, 230 Neb. 391, 432 N.W.2d 13 (1988).

Appellants Theodore W. Parsons, Jr., and Mary A. Parsons were formerly husband and wife. They were divorced…