Mills v. Mills

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Does the remarriage of the payee spouse terminate the obligation of the payor spouse to pay alimony? In the specific circumstances of the parties to this appeal, the Superior Court in 1988 entered a final judgment answering that question in the affirmative. On principles of collateral estoppel we affirm the Superior Court’s dismissal in 1989 of another motion raising the same question between the same parties.

Crosby and Esther Mills were married in 1941. Esther obtained an order of judicial *324separation in 1965, and in 1966 Crosby obtained a divorce in Nevada. In 1967…