In Re the Marriage of Obergfell

This is an appeal by the wife from an order of custody and division of marital property made by the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Richland County, the Honorable R. C. McDonough presiding. We affirm.

Mary Jo and Paul Obergfell were married in 1973. Two children were born of the marriage, namely Ryan and Randall who were ten years of age and eight years of age, respectively, at the time of the hearing.

In 1980, after a period of separation and an unsuccessful reconciliation attempt, Mrs. Obergfell left the family home in Sidney, Montana, and moved to Billings, Montana, with…