McConnell-Cherewick v. Cherewick

Thomas Andrew Cherewick, the husband in a dissolution proceeding, appeals from a final decree of dissolution granting custody of the minor child of the parties to the wife, Patricia McConnell-Cherewick, and an order denying Thomas’s motion for a new trial and amendment of the findings of fact and conclusions of law entered by the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County.

The parties were married on June 15, 1974. Patricia was 22 years of age, Thomas was 27. One child, Tiffany, was born of the marriage on August 6, 1980. Both parties are well educated and pursuing…