Case Name: Sharon Schrad, appellant, v. Walter Schrad, appellee
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1971-02-19
Citations: 186 Neb. 462
Docket Number: No. 37647
Parties: Sharon Schrad, appellant, v. Walter Schrad, appellee.
Judges: Heard before White,, C. J., Carter, Spencer, Boslaugh, Smith, McCown, and Newton, JJ.
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 462–463

Head Matter:
Sharon Schrad, appellant, v. Walter Schrad, appellee.
183 N. W. 2d 922
Filed February 19, 1971.
No. 37647.
Snell & Winkle, for appellant.
Robak .& Geshell, for appellee.
Heard before White,, C. J., Carter, Spencer, Boslaugh, Smith, McCown, and Newton, JJ.

Opinion:
Smith, J.
The district court at the close of all the evidence dismissed the petition of plaintiff wife for a divorce. She appeals.
At the trial plaintiff on cross-examination into extramarital sexual relations by her successfully asserted the privilege against self-incrimination.
Dismissal of the petition of a wife for divorce where, at the trial on cross-examination into extra-marital sexual relations by her, she successfully asserted the privilege against self-incrimination, is correct. The ruling represents an application of the equitable maxim of "clean hands" to a divorce suit. See, Stockham v. Stockham (Fla., 1964), 168 So. 2d 320, 4 A. L. R. 3d 539; Christenson v. Christenson, 281 Minn. 507, 162 N. W. 2d 194 (1968); Franklin v. Franklin, 365 Mo, 442, 283 S. W. 2d 483 (1955).
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.