Ripatti v. Ripatti

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

In 1969, respondent Joy Shirley Ripatti brought an action for divorce against husband Herman Wilford Ripatti on grounds of extreme cruelty as defined in I.C. § 32— 605. She did not request custody of two-minor children who were twelve and' eighteen years old at the time of trial in 1970. However, she did pray equitable distribution, inter alia, of a ranch and herd of cattle, alleged to be community property. In his answer, Herman denied Joy’s charge of extreme cruelty and affirmatively alleged extreme cruelty on her part. In a cross-bill he claimed that “some” of the…