Bechhold v. Chacon

Jerry R. Bechhold appeals from an order and judgment entered in the District Court, Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, dissolving the parties’ marriage and granting Marci Chacon Bechhold custody of the minor child. We reverse the District Court.

The issue presented for review is whether the District Court properly set aside its earlier order dismissing the marital dissolution proceeding before entering the dissolution decree.

Appellant Jerry Bechhold initiated dissolution of marriage proceedings on June 15, 1988. He obtained temporary custody of the parties’ minor child at that…