Court Opinion

ID: 9848366
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:18:01.84865+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:15.670511
License: Public Domain

TUCKETT, Justice
(concurring in the result).
I concur in the result reached in the main opinion. I agree that the trial court in its discretion may choose not to follow the stipulation entered into by the 'parties settling their property rights and providing for alimony and support money for the minor children. I am of the opinion that if the stipulation of the parties is to be disregarded by the court, the court should not, without the consent of the parties, attempt to modify or to make a new contract for them. It seems to me that the court making findings and judgment in whole or in part upon the stipulation of the parties, which the court has elected not to follow, could be taken as the equivalent of making findings upon evidence which has been stricken from the record.