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characterized as a property settlement agreement in paragraph 6
of the divorce decree.
Relevant for our purposes, paragraph 5 of the agreement
provides as follows:
[Ray] will quitclaim to * * * [Linda] any and all
interests that he may have in the parties' marital home
and the contents therein, with the exception of his
personal effects * * *. Additionally, * * * [Ray] will
pay the remaining indebtedness on this home at Benton
Savings and Loan Association, provided that * * *
[Linda] and the parties' children continue to live
therein. This obligation to continue making these
house payments would terminate should * * * [Linda] and
the parties' children move from this residence or
should * * * [Linda] remarry. Additionally, * * *
[Ray] shall pay the costs of necessary and reasonable
yard maintenance on this dwelling during the next three
years or until such time as * * * [Linda] should move
therefrom with the parties' children or remarry,
whichever is shorter.
In accordance with the above provisions, Ray conveyed his
interest in the marital home to Linda. The references to
"children" in paragraph 5 of the agreement are to the son and
daughter (who were minors during all relevant periods) of Ray and
Linda.
As a result of a custody dispute, in 1994 the children moved
from the marital home; Linda continued to live there throughout
the years in issue.
Subsequent to the divorce decree, Linda and Ray were
involved in several disputes with respect to support (spousal and
child) and custody. The local court that had jurisdiction over
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