KINNISON v. KINNISON

No. 5445.

627 P.2d 594 (1981)

Allan KINNISON, Appellant (Defendant), v. Lorena Yorio KINNISON, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Davis of Davis, Donnell, Worrall & Bancroft, P.C., Worland, for appellant.

Kim D. Cannon of Burgess & Davis, Sheridan, for appellee.

Before ROSE, C.J., RAPER, THOMAS and ROONEY, JJ., and TAYLOR, District Judge.


ROSE, Chief Justice.

This appeal has as its genesis the breakup of a nonmarital living arrangement. The district court awarded the plaintiff, Lorena Kinnison, $15,000 by way of enforcing a settlement contract with the defendant, Allan Kinnison. Mr. Kinnison has appealed, claiming that there was no express contract of settlement and, further, that Wyoming law prohibits an award upon the dissolution of a nonmarital relationship.

We will hold that the district...

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