Palo v. Palo

MORGAN, Justice.

The trial court granted appellee a divorce from appellant and divided the parties’ property. Appellant appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a continuance of the trial date under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act (Act). We affirm.

Both parties were, at all times material herein, members of the military service. Appellee commenced an action for divorce while both parties were in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Appellant answered, but before the sixty-day cooling off period * had lapsed, both parties were transferred to Germany.

On July 20, 1979, appellant’s…