PAXTON v. PAXTON

No. 41617.

270 N.W.2d 900 (1978)

201 Neb. 545

James L. PAXTON, Jr., Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Alice A. PAXTON, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

October 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick H. Mullin and Warren C. Schrempp of Schrempp & McQuade, Omaha, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Robert G. Fraser of Fraser, Stryker, Veach, Vaughn, Meusey, Olson & Boyer, P. C., Omaha, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Heard before SPENCER, C. J., Pro Tem., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY and WHITE, JJ., and KUNS, Retired District Judge.


SPENCER, Chief Justice, Pro Tem.

This is an action for dissolution of marriage. The District Court found the marriage was irretrievably broken and approved a property settlement negotiated by the parties. The respondent wife appeals. She contends the property settlement agreement is unconscionable. We affirm.

The parties were married in 1942. Petitioner, James L. Paxton, Jr., was 68 years old at the time of trial. Alice A. Paxton, the respondent, was 63 years...

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