Legal Opinion

Nelson v. Nelson

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 1996No. Civil 950299PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESCHKE, Justice.

Jody Lynn Nelson appeals from a decree decreasing the child support payable by her ex-husband, Keith Michael Nelson. Although we disagree with much of the trial court’s reasoning for refusing to impute more income to Keith, we agree with one valid reason and with the result. Therefore, we affirm.

Jody and Keith were married on May 30, 1981, and had two children. Erica Lynn was born on June 7, 1982, and Ashley Nicole was born on June 4, 1987. Keith and Jody were divorced on January 28, 1992. The divorce decree placed custody of the two children with Jody, and ordered Keith to…

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Heley v. HeleyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Hecker v. Stark County Social Service BoardNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Mahoney v. MahoneyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Schmidkunz v. SchmidkunzNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Spilovoy v. SpilovoyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Mosbrucker v. MosbruckerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Lauer v. LauerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Minar v. MinarNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Logan v. BushNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Edwards v. EdwardsNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997

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