Swope v. Swope

BAKES, Chief Justice.

This is a second appeal in a divorce action arising from a decision of the magistrate court following remand from this Court in Swope v. Swope, 112 Idaho 974, 739 P.2d 273 (1987) (Swope I). Both parties appealed to the district court from the magistrate’s distribution of the property. The district court affirmed in part and reversed in part the magistrate court’s decision. Both parties again appealed the district court’s decision to this Court. A summary of the facts are as follows.

Charles and Isabel Swope were married on July 30, 1976. Charles filed for divorce on…