Harshfield v. Harshfield

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• A trial court may not modify a fixed term award of alimony after full payment unless the divorce decree specifies so; otherwise, “the finality of divorce would be illusory.”
• petition to divide ex-husband’s pension thirteen years after divorce decree barred as res judicata where court originally considered pension as marital property and alimony was awarded for two years only
• a district court has inherent equitable power to modify a final judgment

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