Langerman v. Langerman

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

Larry D. Langerman (father) appeals from a judgment by the trial court which, inter alia, granted a divorce to Vickie L. Langerman (mother) and awarded custody of the parents’ two minor children to the children’s maternal grandparents, Roy and Lois Kromarek. The Kromareks joined in these proceedings at the trial court level as to matters of custody and visitation of the children pursuant to SDCL 26-5-33. * On appeal, the father alleges that the trial court erred in awarding custody of the children to the Kromareks without first determining if he (the father) was an…