In Re the Marriage of Sessions

Petitioner appeals from a judgment of the District Court, Tenth Judicial District, County of Fergus, dissolving the marriage between the parties and distributing the marital property.

The issues are:

1. Whether the District Court abused its discretion in dividing the marital property where it adopted verbatim wife’s proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law?

2. Whether the District Court’s order of contempt and order to purge contempt was proper?

3. Whether the District Court’s subsequent order of contempt is void as a matter of law because it was entered after notice of appeal was filed?

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