Acton v. Acton’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “However, this Court has long recognized that even a contract with an integration clause, for instance a divorce agreement, may be modified through oral agreement or by mutual conduct of the parties if certain conditions are met. See Big-D Signature Corp. v. Sterrett Props ., LLC , 2012 WY 138 , ¶ 33, 288 P.3d 72 , 80 [ (Wyo. 2012) ]. The conditions that must be met to orally modify an integrated agreement are: "First, there must be evidence that the parties orally modified the contract terms, and second, the parties have taken actions consistent with the new terms." Big-D , ¶ 33, 288 P.3d at 81 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Meiners v. Meiners

2. “established principle that the parties to a divorce may not modify a divorce decree without submitting those modifications to the district court for its consideration and approval,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Meiners v. Meiners

3. “First, there must be evidence that the parties orally modified the contract terms, and second, the parties have taken actions consistent with the new terms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Meiners v. Meiners