Messer v. Messer

COOPER, Justice.

Edward and Lydia Messer were married on September 21, 1985. They separated on March 3, 1998, and Edward filed a petition for dissolution of the marriage two days later. The marriage produced no children. At the time of their divorce, the parties had accumulated marital property consisting of furniture and appliances and two motor vehicles, and had incurred approximately $28,000.00 in marital debts. During a hearing before the domestic relations commissioner on September 24, 1998, the parties reached a verbal agreement with respect to a division of their property and debts and…