Stemper v. Stemper

MOSES, Circuit Judge.

This case is before us on a petition for rehearing which was dated and filed on April 21, 1987. We granted a rehearing pursuant to SDCL 15-30-4, concerning an opinion rendered in Stemper v. Stemper, 403 N.W.2d 405 (S.D.1987). The procedural and factual background is set forth therein in detail in the original opinion filed April 1, 1987.

Briefly recapitulating the facts, the parties were married on November 10, 1956. At the time of the marriage, both were nineteen years of age and high school graduates. They had little or no property. Plaintiff was employed at the time of…