Neldon Johnson and Ina Johnson were divorced in June 2001.  As part of the court proceedings, Neldon Johnson agreed to pay Ina $2,800,000 at the rate of $8,333.33 per month.  Only problem was, they were never married.

In court, Neldon told the Judge they were married in May 1964.  He later had heartburn about that.  He went back to court and told the judge that he was never married to Ina and didn’t want to pay her the $2,800,000.  He refused to make the $8,333.33 monthly payments.

Neldon and Ina have been involved in litigation ever since.  They both now agree that they were never married.  Apparently, they got in their car to go get married but had car problems.  When they returned a couple days later, they told their friends and family that they were married while out of town.  They kept that lie going until after their divorce in 2001.  Now they both agree that they were never married.

The Utah Supreme Court recently said they don’t care.  When Neldon Johnson went into court in 2001 and told the judge he was married, wanted a divorce and was willing to pay his wife a large amount of money as a property settlement, he locked himself in.

As it turns out, he wasn’t locked into the “marriage” but he is locked into the monthly payments.  Here is a link to the actual court decision.