Kannianen v. White

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Carl Kannianen appealed from a district court order requiring him and June White to execute quit claim deeds conveying one-half of their interests in certain mineral rights to each other. We affirm, concluding that the parties’ prior divorce judgment unambiguously required them to convey a one-half interest in all of their mineral rights, including individually held mineral rights, to each other.

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[¶ 2] Kannianen and White married in 1979. In 1981, Kannianen’s mother deeded to him certain mineral interests in his name only. During the course of the marriage,…