Court Opinion

ID: 5162531
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-02 03:00:32.610496+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:56:27.669300
License: Public Domain

I dissent. This matter should be remanded for hearing to determine whether or not the parties agreed that the wife would receive $4,500 of the husband's retirement benefits. The court is bound by the stipulations of the parties in the absence of any *Page 600 
valid ground or reason for refusing enforcement. Thompson v.State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division,768 P.2d 600 (Wyo. 1989); Bard Ranch, Inc. v. Weber, 538 P.2d 24 (Wyo. 1975); Stringer v. Miller, 80 Wyo. 389, 343 P.2d 508, reh'gdenied and opinion modified 345 P.2d 786 (1959). Neither Wyo. Stat. § 20-2-114 (1977) nor David v. David, 724 P.2d 1141 (Wyo. 1986), carved out an exception to this general rule nor are they germane to the issues on appeal in this case.