Opinion

O'Connor v. Zeldin

  • 118 Or. App. 620
  • 848 P.2d 647
  • 1993 Ore. App. LEXIS 435
Court
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Filed
Mar 17, 1993
Status
Published
Author
Warren
On the bench
Edmonds, Riggs, Warren
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 17.1%

The opinion

WARREN, P. J.,

dissenting.

I agree with the majority that the answer to whether the parties’ settlement agreement was conditional on dissolution of their marriage depends on their intent. Brown, Adm’r v. Miles, 193 Or 466, 480 , 238 P2d 761 (1951).

There is no dispute that this settlement was made in contemplation of dissolution. The agreement itself sheds no light on whether the parties considered that a condition precedent. They had divided some of their property, but that is only evidence that they believed a dissolution would take place.

There is no evidence in the record as to what they would have done had they abandoned the dissolution, but that is the real question. Implicit in the majority’s decision is the assumption that the parties intended a final division of their property because a dissolution was imminent. In my view, that makes dissolution a condition precedent.

Plaintiff had the burden of persuasion that the settlement was unconditional. I am not persuaded.

I dissent.

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