- 6 - 11. In anticipation of her planned marriage to Pettid, and at Pettid's specific request, Bartling gave funds to Pettid for business purposes, including his purchase of his medical practice and the purchase of certain real estate. 12. Throughout the entire courtship and until March 12, 1982, Pettid knew that he was not legally divorced from his first wife, Wilma Pettid. Pettid knowingly and intentionally concealed his true marital status from Bartling throughout their courtship and continued to conceal until January 14, 1992. 13. On March 12, 1982, Pettid was decreed divorced from his first wife, Wilma, by the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. The decree was not effective for six months from its date. Pettid knowingly and intentionally concealed this fact from Bartling from the date of the decree until January 14, 1992. 14. On or about May 5, 1982, Pettid and Bartling made application to the Douglas County Clerk for a marriage license. Pettid knowingly and falsely stated the date of his divorce decree as February 16, 1981. Bartling made application for such marriage license in good faith, based on her reliance on Pettid's affirmative statements that Pettid was legally capable of entering into the proposed marriage. 15. On May 8, 1982, knowing himself to be under a legal prohibition from entering into a marriage, Pettid arranged a marriage ceremony in which Pettid and Bartling exchanged marriage vows in Douglas County, Nebraska * * *. 16. Bartling participated in the solemnization ceremony and the reception without knowledge that Pettid's divorce was not final and without knowledge that Pettid was not legally capable of entering into a valid marriage. Bartling accepted Pettid's good faith and representations concerning his marital status in entering into and participating in the marriage ceremony with Pettid, and thereafter relied on the legitimacy of the marriage ceremony.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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