Case Title: McWha v. McWha

Citation: 241 Neb. 355, 488 N.W.2d 357

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State: nebraska

Court: Nebraska Supreme Court

Date: 1992-08-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
488 N.W.2d 357 (1992) 241 Neb. 355 Todd R. McWHA, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Mary F. McWHA, Appellant and Cross-Appellee. No. S-91-263. Supreme Court of Nebraska. August 28, 1992. *358 Stanley D. Cohen, Lincoln, for appellant. Terry Dougherty, of Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, and Robert P. Goodwin, of Peetz, Sonntag & Goodwin, P.C., Sidney, for appellee. HASTINGS, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, GRANT, and FAHRNBRUCH, JJ. PER CURIAM. Mary F. McWha appeals from the marriage dissolution decree of the district court for Lincoln County which granted Todd R. McWha the custody of the couple's minor child. Mary McWha assigns as error the district court's rulings on custody, venue, and certain issues regarding evidence. Todd McWha cross-appeals, assigning as error the court's determinations on child support and visitation. Stover v. Stover, 240 Neb. 391, 392, 482 N.W.2d 244, 245 (1992). Accord, Stuhr v. Stuhr, 240 Neb. 239, 481 N.W.2d 212 (1992); Pattrin v. Pattrin, 239 Neb. 844, 479 N.W.2d 122 (1992). We find that the district court erred in admitting into evidence certain material derived from secret tape recordings, in violation of Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 86-701 and 86-702 (Cum.Supp.1990) and Neb.Rev.Stat. § 86-712 (Reissue 1987). Therefore, we have disregarded this erroneously admitted evidence in our de novo review of this case. Furthermore, based on our de novo review, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Mary McWha's motion for change of venue, or in determining custody. See Lippincott v. Lippincott, 144 Neb. 486, 13 N.W.2d 721 (1944). In regard to Todd McWha's assignments of error on cross-appeal, we conclude that the child support order does not constitute an abuse of the district court's discretion. However, we do find that the district court abused its discretion in granting Mary McWha "summer visitation commencing the third day after school ends in the spring and ending 3 days before the fall term of school begins." See Gerber v. Gerber, 225 Neb. 611, 407 N.W.2d 497 (1987). Therefore, we modify the district court's Judgment regarding summer visitation so that beginning in 1993 and continuing each year thereafter, unless otherwise ordered by the district court in a modification proceeding, Mary McWha shall have 6 consecutive weeks of visitation concerning Jessica McWha during the summer months. The dates for Mary McWha's summer visitation rights are determinable by agreement of the parties; otherwise, such visitation is determinable by the district court. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.