Odegard v. Odegard

VOGEL, Justice.

The defendant, Vickie Odegard, appeals from a judgment of the district court of Sargent County granting a divorce to both the plaintiff, Dale Odegard, and the defendant, on the ground of irreconcilable differences. On appeal, the only issue is whether or not the trial court’s grant of custody of the son of the parties, Justin, to the husband and the husband’s parents is clearly erroneous.

The parties were married in 1971, the son was born in 1973, and the family lived to gether until late July of 1976, when the mother took the child to Fargo, where she searched for a job and an…