Dahlhofer v. Dahlhofer

While we basically affirm the final judgment of the now retired trial judge, we are compelled to clarify some aspects of same, which either are the result of ministerial error or which require action on this court’s part to eliminate as much uncertainty as we can.

The marital home is to be within the exclusive possession of the wife and mother to provide shelter for her and for the children until the younger child, not the older child, is no longer an obligation of the parents. Should a man, other than the husband and father, enter into joint possession of the home under such circumstances as…