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KARPIEN v. KARPIEN

No. 28,060.

207 P.3d 1165 (2009)

2009-NMCA-043

David KARPIEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dawn KARPIEN, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Childress, The Childress Law Office, Albuquerque, NM for Appellant.

The Family Law Firm by Felissa M. Garcia, Donna Trujillo Dodd, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

OPINION

CASTILLO, Judge.

{1} Husband and Wife were in the process of divorce when Wife died. The district court continued with proceedings related to the division of the marital property and entered a final decree. Husband's appeal presents us with a question of first impression: What is the effect of the death of one spouse on a pending divorce proceeding? We conclude that NMSA 1978, Section...

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