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Petitioner married his first wife, Ms. Wilma Rae
Pettid, on October 20, 1962. Slightly more than 19 years
later, on March 12, 1982, the District Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska (herein referred to as the district
court), entered a decree dissolving this marriage.
On or about May 5, 1982, petitioner obtained a license
from the district court to marry Ms. Wagner. Petitioner
and Ms. Wagner were purportedly married in a solemnization
ceremony conducted on May 8, 1982, less than 2 months after
the decree dissolving petitioner's marriage to his first
wife. Nebraska law provides that "a decree dissolving a
marriage shall become final and operative * * * six months
after the decree is rendered". Neb. Rev. Stat. sec. 42-372
(1988). Thus, at the time petitioner and Ms. Wagner were
purportedly married, the decree dissolving petitioner's
marriage to his first wife had not yet become final.
Approximately 9� years later, on or about January 14,
1992, petitioner filed a petition for declaratory judgment
in the district court seeking to have his putative marriage
to Ms. Wagner declared void. The petition identifies
petitioner as plaintiff and Ms. Wagner as defendant. The
petition alleges in pertinent part as follows:
3. On March 12, 1982, the marriage of
Plaintiff, Frederick J. Pettid to Wilma Rae
Pettid was decreed dissolved by the a [sic]
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