Jochim v. Jochim

SAND, Justice.

The plaintiff, Lewis Joehim [Lewis], appealed from a district court judgment in a divorce action in which Lewis and the defendant Arlis Joehim [Arlis] were granted a divorce from each other because of irreconcilable differences. The district court judgment provided for a division of the couple’s property and awarded Arlis $150.00 a month spousal support for three years.

Lewis and Arlis were married at Bismarck, North Dakota, on 1 January 1950. At the time the divorce action was initiated all the children of the marriage were over the age of 21 and were not living with their…