Legal Opinion

Mellema v. Mellema

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 24, 1987No. 15327Published

1Opinion of the Court

407 N.W.2d 827 (1987)

Perry Jay MELLEMA, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Ginger Renae MELLEMA, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 15327.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs January 15, 1987.

Decided June 24, 1987.

Arlie Brende of Cadwell, Sanford & Diebert, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellee.

Lee R. Burd, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

WUEST, Chief Justice.

In this divorce action the former wife and mother (Ginger) appeals from the circuit court's decree of divorce granting the father and former husband (Perry) primary custody of the couple's two sons. We affirm.

The couple was…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Herndon v. HerndonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Hanks v. HanksSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Saint-Pierre v. Saint-PierreSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Holforty v. HolfortySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Mulder v. TagueSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971

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