In Re the Marriage of Williams

SNELL, Justice.

The respondent challenges the district court’s entry of a default judgment and its modification of the parties’ dissolution decree. We affirm in part and modify in part.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings

Petitioner Nancy Cervetti and Stephen Williams were divorced in October 1986. They have two children, Lisa, born December 13, 1978, and Marianne, born March 10,1980.

The parties had established education accounts which were to be used for their daughters’ college education, and the dissolution decree provided that Stephen was to be the custodian for the accounts. The decree…