Andera v. Andera

DOBBERPUHL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the custody and property division provisions of a decree of divorce. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

Francis and Sandra Andera were married in 1960 when Sandra was seventeen years old. Sandra quit high school in her senior year to enter into the union, at which time neither Francis nor Sandra had any property or money of any consequence.

Francis was awarded a divorce on April 6, 1978, on grounds of mental cruelty. When the decree was entered, the parties were engaged in a farming operation with 1440 acres in production, of which…