Van Pelt v. Van Pelt

This is an action for dissolution of marriage. The District Court for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, entered its decree dissolving the marriage, granting custody of the minor child to the wife, and awarding child support. The decree also made a property division and awarded alimony in gross to the wife. The wife has appealed, challenging the property division and alimony provisions of the decree.

The parties were married September 18, 1955. They had three children, only one of whom was still a minor at the time the wife filed the petition for dissolution of marriage on October 19, 1978. The…