ZAHL v. ZAHL

No. S-06-1123.

736 N.W.2d 365 (2007)

273 Neb. 1043

Justin B. ZAHL, Appellant, v. Trisha A. ZAHL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude E. Berreckman, Jr., of Berreckman & Berreckman, P.C., Cozad, for appellant.

R. Bradley Dawson, North Platte, for appellee.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


HEAVICAN, C.J.

NATURE OF CASE

This marital dissolution action presents issues related to an order of joint physical custody for the parties' minor child. When ordering joint custody under Neb. Rev.Stat. § 42-364(5) (Cum. Supp. 2006), a district court must specifically find that joint custody is in a child's best interests. The district court failed to make that finding in the dissolution decree. Further, because neither party had requested joint physical...

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