Jopling v. Jopling

SABERS, Justice.

Husband appeals from trial court’s judgment vacating divorce decree and from new decree. We affirm.

FACTS

Curt and Annette Jopling were married September 28, 1973, when he was 19 years old and she was 17 years old. Annette has a part-time cake business in Vermillion, S.D., and is enrolled in the Nursing program at the University of South Dakota. Curt is the plant foreman for Sioux Tools in Vermillion. The couple has three children; one adult daughter and two minor sons.

In May of 1991, Curt initiated a divorce action, retaining legal counsel. Annette admitted service on May 23,…