Hoverson v. Hoverson

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Carl Hoverson appeals from the trial court’s judgment, arguing the trial court clearly erred in valuing and distributing the parties’ property, in awarding Deborah spousal support, and in calculating Carl’s child support obligation. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

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[¶ 2] Deborah and Carl Hoverson married in 1977. They, have five children, ages 23, 21, 19, 17, and 11. During the early years of their marriage, Carl farmed and Deborah was a homemaker and bookkeeper for the farm.

[¶ 3] In 1994, Carl established a potato farming partnership, Hoverson Farms,…