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Facts

• The case involves a dispute between the Petitioner and the Respondent regarding the terms of their divorce decree, specifically the obligations related to the payment of a mortgage, the ownership of a travel trailer, and the payment of medical bills. The final decree, entered on December 28, 2009, initially required the Respondent to pay the mortgage until the home sold. However, a subsequent order appointed a special master to facilitate the sale of the house and altered the terms regarding the mortgage payments and property ownership.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Petitioner: Argued that the Respondent was required to continue making payments on the home until it sold, claimed that the house payments were effectively part of alimony, and that she was entitled to live in the house until its sale. Additionally, the Petitioner contended that the Respondent failed to make payments for a travel trailer and medical bills.
• Respondent: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the Respondent was required to make mortgage payments until the home sold.
• Whether the house payments were, in effect, part of and in addition to alimony payments.
• Whether the Respondent was responsible for payments for a travel trailer and medical bills.
• Whether the district judge should have recused herself due to a purported relationship with one of the Respondent's former employers.

Disposition

• The court affirmed the district court's decision, rejecting the Petitioner's claims regarding the mortgage payments, the nature of the house payments, the responsibility for the travel trailer and medical bills, and the motion to amend the docketing statement to include additional claims.

Reasons

• CYNTHIA A. FRY, Judge (JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge, LINDA M. VANZI, Judge concurring): The court found the Petitioner's arguments unpersuasive, noting that a subsequent order after the final decree changed the obligations regarding the mortgage payments and property ownership. The court held that after the Respondent relinquished his interest in the house, he was no longer required to make mortgage payments. The court also rejected the Petitioner's claim that the house payments were part of alimony, noting the lack of record support for this claim. Regarding the travel trailer and medical payments, the court noted that the travel trailer was awarded to the Respondent and that the Petitioner failed to present any medical bills at the hearing. The court also denied the Petitioner's motion to amend the docketing statement to include additional claims, including the claim for recusal of the district judge, finding these issues not viable for appeal.