Vickers v. Vickers

KEITH, Justice.

This appeal involves the construction of a divorce decree. The parties were husband and wife until the entry of a divorce decree in 1972. The husband, our defendant/appellant, was petitioner and his lawyer negotiated a settlement of the community property rights of the parties but our plaintiff/appellee was not represented by counsel. The decree disposed of all of the property rights of the parties and the parties signed each page of the original judgment signifying their agreement thereto.

The trial court, in the divorce decree, set aside the family homestead to the wife and…