Nichols v. Nichols

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

Petitioner Oretta Nichols (Wife) filed suit for dissolution of her marriage to Respondent Eddie Nichols (Husband). At the conclusion of a hearing conducted in November 1980, the district court orally granted the divorce and decided property, support and child custody issues. The court entered final judgment December 30, 1980. Seventy-one days later, on March 11, 1981, the district court entered a second final judgment. Wife appeals the entry of the second judgment; Husband cross-appeals the court’s treatment (in both judgments) of some of his separate property.

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