Divorce - Stephens, Carolyn K_12/7/1993�
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CAROLYN K. STEPHENS )
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IN THE GIBSON CIRCUIT COLiRT
1989 TERM
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CAUSE N0. 26C01-8910-DR-0234
FINAL DECREE OF DISSOLUTION
(Entry for 1B December 1989)
Comes now the husband, in person, and by counsel, Mark fiart.
Hendrickson, and this being the day and the hour previously assigned
for final hearing in this cause the wife, Carolyn I<. Stepl�e��s, is
three (3) times audibly called in upen court and comes not. There is
now filed in open court a Not.ice of PuUli.cation evidencing S�mNioris h;�
Publication in this matter in the Princeton Dailv Clarion_ on 24
Oetober, 31 October and 7 November 1989, the last oE �ahicli publicat.ion
is more than thirty (30) days prior t.o the hearing hereiit. The cuiiri.
finds that said notice is in all respects in accordance r�it.h law, and
that the whereabouts of the respon3ent cannot be ascertained upon
reasonable and due diligence by the petitioner.
The court further finds that at least one oE the parties has Ueen
a resident of Gibson County, Indiana, for six (6) months cont.inuously
last past prior to the filing of the Petition for Dissolution in this
cause on 20 October 1989; that this cause has been Eiled and pending
at least sixty l60) days prior t.o this final hearing and that Uy
virtue thereof, the court has �urisdiction over tl�e parties and t.he
sub�ect matter of this action.
The court further finds that the marriage oE tl�e parties is
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irretrievably broken and shoul3 be dissolved; and t.hat t.here are no
minor children born as a result of this marriage, and that within the
knowledge of the petitioner, the respondent is not now pregnant.
The court after having heard the testimony of the petitioner, and
being duly and sufficiently advised, now finds as follows:
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Hendrickson; of Boonville, Indiana, be and he is hereby appointed
Commissioner for the respondent, t.o convey her interest t.0 tlie
petitioner in the real estate locat.ed at. Rural RouC.e IL1, Br�;c 1.74-A,
Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana, the double-caide mob.ile home
located on the aforesaid real estate, and a certain 1981 r��evrolet
Caprice Classic automobile owned Uy the petitioner prior to the
marriage; and the Conunissioner is hereby aut.horized to e;:ecut.e all
necessary documents to convey the respondent's interesC. in and C.o �ai.-i
assets over to the petitioner; aud this cause is ended.
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Walter F7�mec, Ju�.lc;e ��[ I:Ii�
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1. That the petitioner shall become the sole and exclusive owner
of the Fifteen (151 acres of real est.at.e located at Rural
Route N1, Box 174-A, Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana,
together with the double-wide mobile home located thereon.
2. The petitioner shall become the sole and exclusive otianer of a
certain 1979 GMC pickup and a 1981 Chevrolet Caprice Classic.
3. The petitioner shall become the sole and exclusive uwner uP
all household furniture and furnishings and other personal
property located in and about the residence at Rural Ruute
#1, Box 174-A, Oakland City, Indiana.
� the checkingeaccount maintained at1thenElberfeldvState�Bank
of Elberfeld, Indiana.
5 for,Pandtherebysholds�the�respondentXharmlessYfor�thesible
following debts:
a. Mortgage indebtedness owed to Elberfeld State Bank
in the approximat.e amount of Forty thuusand dollars
($40,000.00).
b. The car loan on the Chevrolet automobile to
Elberfeld State Ranlc in the approximat.e amount of sir.
hundred dollars ($600.001.
c. The persohal loan to Bank One Finance Company in the
approximate amou�it of Trro thousand four hundred dollars
($2,400.00).
6. The respondent shall L�e solely and exclusively responsible
for, and shall hold the petitioner harmless- on, the deUts
owing to Fingerhut in the approximate amount. oE Si}: hundred
dollars (�600.00) and to Time/Life Publicat.ions in an un}:no�m
amount.
The court further finds that the counsel for petitioner, Mark Hart
Hendrickson, should be appointed conunissioner for the purpose of
conveying the respondent's int.erest in and to the real est.ate, �iouUle
wide mobile home and the Chevrolet automobile consistent wit.h t.he
findings hereinabove.
IT IS, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED ]�ND DECREED BY THE
COURT, that the marriage bY and between the Part.ies herein Ue and t.he
same is hereby dissolved; and ttie parties are hereby ret.urned t.o the
status of unmarried persons; an3 that the Decree �f Dissolution be
spread of record; that the findings of the court as set forth
hereinabove concerning the Fart.ies lcno�•rn asset.s and liaUilities be aiid
the same shall now Uecome the orders of this court.;.and each part.y is
hereby ordered and directed to fully and faithfully abide UY =ai'j
orders as iE set forth in their ent.irety; and now Mark Hart.
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