Peterson v. Peterson

MILLER, Justice.

In this divorce case we affirm the decision of the trial court which awarded custody of the parties’ eight-year-old daughter to the mother. We also affirm the trial court’s decision with regard to granting a divorce based on irreconcilable differences, child support payments, property division, and attorney fees.

FACTS

The parties were married in July, 1979. They had one child. Appellant (husband) is a self-employed farmer at Willow Lake, South Dakota. He owns a small amount of livestock and equipment and rents some land. He is thirty years old and a high school graduate. In…