Blydenburg-Dixon v. Dixon

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Chief Judge.

Ms. Karolyn Blydenburg-Dixon appeals the trial court’s dissolution of marriage judgment. She contests the trial court’s finding that the proceeds from Mr. Barney Dixon’s personal injury settlement were his non-marital property. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Ms. Blydenburg-Dixon and Mr. Dixon were married under Kansas common law and they had one daughter. Mr. Dixon had a work accident in 1994 that left him a quadriplegic. Mi 1 . Dixon filed a lawsuit in a Kansas federal court, seeking damages for his injury. The parties entered into a settlement…