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required under paragraph 1.f) of the Agreement. Thus,
petitioner’s liability to make the payments terminates by
operation of Neb. Rev. Stat. section 42-365 upon
Ms. Wagner’s death.
Under Nebraska law, there is a distinction between
"annulment" and "divorce". Annulment is the declaration
by a court that a purported marriage is null and void, as
if the marriage had not occurred. See Neb. Rev. Stat.
sec. 42-119 (1988). Divorce is the termination of a valid
and binding marriage. See Neb. Rev. Stat. sec. 42-347(2)
(1988). Notwithstanding this distinction, annulment
actions are brought in the same manner as divorce actions
and are subject to the same provisions of the Nebraska
Divorce and Alimony Law. See Neb. Rev. Stat. sec. 42-373
(1988).
Our interpretation of Neb. Rev. Stat. section 42-365
is supported by the holding in Euler v. Euler, 295 N.W.2d
397 (Neb. 1980). The issue in Euler v. Euler was whether,
under Neb. Rev. Stat. section 42-365, the remarriage of the
ex-wife caused the termination of the payment of alimony to
her. The court held that:
Neither the property settlement nor the decree
provides for the termination of alimony upon the
occurrence of a specified event set out in the
agreement, nor does either state that the agree-
ment shall not be subject to amendment or
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