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COiJNTY OF GIBSON
N RE THE MARRIAGE OF
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Petitioner,
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Respondent.
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Cause No. 26D01-0709-DR-0060
SETTLEDiENT AGREE�•IENT AND DECREE OF DISSOLUTION OF `IARRIAGE
The parties havine submitted their Settlement Agreement and the Court having seen and
considered the Verified Petition for Dissolution of Marria�z and Verified �Vaiver oi Final
Hearing submitted by the parties, now approves the following agreement:
The parties were married on 3/1 S/2000, and separated on 09/1 �!2007.
2. Nilma L. (Conner) Berlin has been a continuous resident of Gibson Count}� for
the last three months, and thz State of Indiana for the last si� months prior to the
filin� of the Verified Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.
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�L'ilma L. (Conner) Berlin is not pregnant.
I�ieither party is a member of the mifitary.
There w•ere no children born of this marriage.
6. The parties have entered into a�rTitten agreemznt �vhich the parties iniznd to bind
them and guide their conduct during this provisional period and follo�tiing the
grant of the final decrze of dissolution. This decree is intznded to supplement and
aid in the carr}'in� out such aareement, noi to contradict or limit it.
7. The Verified Petition for Dissolution of Marriage and Request for Pro�•isional
Ordzrs, previously filed herein, has been pending in this Court for more than sixty
(60) days and was properly initiatzd by submission of the Respondent to this
Court's jurisdiction, with proof of such being Yiled herein and made a part of the
record herein.
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8. The requirements of residerrpe in Gibson County for more than three (3) months
� and t,he State of Indiana for more than six (6) months by at least one of the parties
befor� the filing of this cause has been met.
9. The recitations as to Pendency of Action and Residency, as stated above, aze true,
and this Court has jurisdiction oY the parties and the subject matter oithis action.
10. A�Vritten �Vaiver of Final Hearing has been filed in proper form w�ith the Court
signed by both parties; and a written Settlement A�reement made between the
parties has been made in accordance with Indiana Code 31-1�-2-17 settling any
contested issues beriveen the parties. Pursuant to Indiana Code 31-15:2-li, the
Court, without holding a Final Hearin�, makes the determinations and orders
�vhich follo�v.
11. There are no children of this marria�e. Based upon the fore�oino, no �child
custody, visitation, or support payment issues need to be induded in this Decree.
12. The parties a�ree that each party shall be bound by the Antenup2ial Agreement
signed by both said parties on February 16, 2000.
li. The parties a�ree that each shall be solely rzsponsible for anv debt in that party's
name and shall indemnify, defend, and save the other party from any collection
efforts as to said debt(s).
13. The parties have agreed that Respondent is the sole owner and dzbtor as to
property, real and personal, titled in his name in Ne�� Mexico, Texas and any
others l:no�tm or unknown to Petitioner.
14. Any debt associated with property situated in a community property jurisdiction is
found hereby to be a sepazate debt of the spouse who retains ownership of the
associated property. Should any creditor seek to collect from Petitioner on the
grounds that there is alleged to be a"communit}• debt" arising from Texas or New
Mexico, Respondent hereby a�rees to dzfend, indemnify, and hold Petitioner
hannless against such claim(s).
l i. The parties have agreed no vehicle division is necessarp: Each o«ns a vehicle in
the party's own name only.
16. The payment for nursing home insurance for Respondent that the Petitioner had
previously been payin� is a�reed to be the sole responsibility of the Respondent at
the renewa] date in March of 2008.
17. The parties already have divided all remaining items of personal property.
Respondent has removed his personal property from the home of Petitioner. The
Respondent has promised to retum Petitioner's personal items requested from the
Harlingen, Texas home to the Petitioner �i�hen he retums [o Indiana.
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�arties have agreed th3t the 2007 income taxes have been or wzll be filed as
ed, filing separately.
The marriage has suffered an irretrievable breakdown and should be dissolved.
Petitioner shall retum to the use of her former name: Wilma Lois Conner
21. Respondent shall pay Petitioner Five Hundred Dollazs ($�00.00) towazd
Petitioner's attorney fees and further shall reimbursz costs and sen�ice fees in the
total sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Dollazs (� 146.00).
22. The property and debt division should be accepted by the Court because it is the
parties' a�reement and neither party has been forced or threatened to accept this
agreement.
IT IS NO�V THEREFORE CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED A\�D DECREED
by the Court that the findings of this Court listed hereinabove be, and the same aze, hereby made
the Ordzr of this Court.
IT IS FLTRTHER ORDERED bv tfie Court that the
and the terms of their agreement as �et out above s�all bel't
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marriaee is herebv dissolved
te ' to this Order.
I AFFIR�v1 LINDER THE PENALTIES FOR PERJURY THAT THE FOREGONG
REPRESENTATIO\rS ARE TRUE.
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�Vilma L. (Conner) Berlin
Distribution to:
Andrew S. �Vard, Esq.
P.O. Bor 902
Evansviile, IN 47?06-0902
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�Villiam O. Berl'in/
Steven L. �i�hitehead, Esq.
111 North Hart Street
Princeton, IN 47670
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STATE OF INDIANA
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COUNTY OF GI�SON
IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF
WILMA L. (CONNER) BERLIN,
Petitioner,
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WILLIAM O. BERLIN,
Respondent.
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SS: I�I THE GIBSON SUPERIOR COURT
Cause No. 26D01-0709-DR-0(i60
VERIFIED �VAIVER OF FINAL HEARING
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Come now Petitioner pursuant to Ind. Code 31-1-11.5-8 and submits his Verified Waiver
of Final Hearing. In support of this Waiver, Petitioner states that: _
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More than sixty (60) days have elapsed since the filing of Petitioner's Verified Petition
for Dissolution of Marriage;
Petitioner requests the Court to approve the parties' Settlement A�reement and Decree of
Dissolution of Mamage.
Petitioner voluntarily waives the opportunity to have a final hearing on contested issues.
STATE OF INDIANA
COUi`'TY OF l) a'.ior�owqh
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Before me, �oe �i�� (�,or.�e,- , a notary public in and for 1�2._..d.vh�a�n Countv.
State of ,l�•, �a, , personally appeared 1Vilma L. (Conner) Berlin, and she being tirst
duly sworn upon her oath, says that the facts alleged in the foregoing instrument aze true.
Dated this /2+day of J�'1�. 2008.
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