Ryken v. Ryken

HENDERSON, Justice.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellee Patti Rae Ryken (Patti Rae) commenced this divorce action in December 1985 after three and one-half years of marriage to appellant Larry L. Ryken (Larry). Larry also sought divorce, by counterclaim. The circuit court for Yankton County granted divorce to both parties on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, and also granted Patti Rae divorce for extreme cruelty. The trial court divided the parties’ property, and awarded Patti Rae both $25,-000 in permanent alimony and $625 per month for forty-eight months as rehabilitative alimony. She…