Boeckel v. Boeckel

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Jocelyn Boeckel appeals from an amended divorce judgment. We affirm the district court’s valuation and distribution of the parties’ marital estate and its refusal to award attorney fees to Jocelyn Boeckel. We reverse and remand the case for further findings regarding the applicability of the rebuttable presumption against awarding custody to the perpetrator of domestic abuse.

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[¶ 2] Darnell Boeckel and Jocelyn Boeckel were married in 1994 and lived on a farm near Lemmon, S.D. The parties have three children together, aged eight to fourteen at the time of trial. In April…