Nelken v. Nelken

MASON, Justice.

This is a divorce action in which Leonard Nelken filed petition seeking divorce from Lorene Nelken, determination of property rights of the parties and custody of their minor children. His petition was based on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment such as to endanger his life. Code section 598.8(5).

Defendant filed answer denying plaintiff’s ground and later a counterclaim for separate maintenance, determination of property rights of the parties and custody of their minor children. Defendant’s counterclaim was based on the same ground.

The court granted plaintiff a divorce…