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On April 20, 1992, Ms. Wagner filed a petition against
petitioner in the district court. Ms. Wagner's petition
alleges in pertinent part as follows:
3. During the years 1981 and 1982, Pettid
dated and courted Bartling [viz, Wagner].
4. During the courtship, Bartling was a
single person, having been legally divorced from
a previous marriage.
5. At all times during the courtship,
Pettid represented himself to Bartling as a
single person, who had been divorced pursuant
to a dissolution of a previous marriage.
6. During the courtship, Pettid estab-
lished himself in a position of trust and
confidence with Bartling which resulted from
the courtship relationship.
7. In or around August, 1981, Pettid
asked Bartling to marry him, promising to marry
her and cohabitate as husband and wife.
8. Bartling accepted the good faith of
Pettid and relied upon his representation to her
that he was legally capable of entering into an
agreement to marry her. Bartling, therefore
having reasonably and justifiably given Pettid
her trust and confidence, and accepting his good
faith, agreed to marry Pettid pursuant to his
proposal.
9. In anticipation of her planned marriage
to Pettid, and with Pettid's knowledge and
encouragement, Bartling resigned her employment
in the Fall of 1981.
10. In anticipation of her planned marriage
to Pettid, and with Pettid's knowledge and
agreement, Bartling sold her residence in the
Fall of 1981 and moved into her parents' house,
planning to remain a resident there until the
marriage was solemnized.
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