Schulz v. Miller

Appellant, Stephen P. Schulz, and appellee, Polly L. Miller, established an unmarried familial relationship after the commencement of dating in about 1985 and continued to live together into 1989. In 1990, the "living together" status ended when Mr. Schulz developed another romantic direction following a trip to South America (alone) where he met his newer bride-to-be. Prior to the end of the Schulz-Miller cohabitation, they received a deed to an extremely valuable residential site located on a golf course which was acquired for the purpose of building "their" home on it. After Mr. Schulz had redirected his romantic interest to the lady from Chile, he asked Ms. Miller to reconvey to him any interest in the home site lot. She refused, and this litigation followed, to end in district court with summary judgment in favor of Ms. Miller and against Mr. Schulz in determining that each record owner had a fifty percent interest in the lot.