Wiswell v. Wiswell

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this divorce case, the circuit court’s contradictory rulings preclude meaningful appellate review. We reverse and remand.

Background

[¶ 2.] Mark and Rene Wiswell married on August 22, 1998. They separated in December 2006. At the time, Mark was 39 and Rene 40. Both were in good health. Mark had twenty years experience in automotive repair. Rene had completed three and a half years toward an engineering degree. In December 2001, Mark and Rene started Weassel’s Repair, an automobile repair shop in Rapid City, South Dakota. Mark worked as the repair shop’s mechanic and…