Wheeler v. Upton-Wheeler

OPINION

FACTS

Appellant John Wheeler and respondent Ruthann Upton-Wheeler were married on December 21, 1982. The parties have one child, Lindsay Wheeler, born on August 28, 1978. On July 21, 1993, Ruthann filed a complaint for divorce. A trial was held on September 30, 1994. At the trial, photographs of Ruthann depicting numerous bruises allegedly inflicted by John were admitted into evidence over the objection of John’s counsel. The district court indicated that the photographs would be admitted for the limited purpose of determining whether Ruthann’s request for an unequal division of…