Holm v. Holm

This appeal presents the question of whether an obligation to pay alimony terminates upon remarriage of the recipient by operation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-365 (Reissue 1998) where the decree provides that “alimony shall terminate upon the death of either party” but makes no reference to termination upon remarriage.

FACTS

A decree dissolving the marriage of Carl R. Holm and Barbara K. Holm, now known as Barbara K. Ashbridge, was entered by the district court for Otoe County on August 18,2000. The decree provided in relevant part:

The Petitioner, Carl R. Holm, should be and is hereby Ordered and…