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BENAVIDEZ v. BENAVIDEZ

No. 13669.

660 P.2d 1017 (1983)

99 N.M. 535

Rose BENAVIDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oliver BENAVIDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickson, Dubois, Caffrey & Cooksey, John F. Caffrey, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

Rose Benavidez, pro se.

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

This appeal arises from a motion seeking to modify the terms of a final divorce decree. The district court granted the motion and determined that the terms of the final decree were inequitable and that the decree should be modified. Husband appeals. We reverse.

The legal issue presented this Court is whether the state district court has the power to modify a divorce decree and order the payment of a sum that equals the amount...

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