Barth v. Barth

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Dale W. Barth appealed the judgment, and an order amending the judgment, in a divorce action brought by Nancy A. Barth. We affirm.

[¶ 2] Nancy A. Barth and Dale W. Barth married in 1988. Three children were born to the parties — Danica Oberlander in 1981, Desirae Barth in 1988, and Deriann Barth in 1992. The parties lived in a mobile home on Dale’s parents’ farmstead. Dale, a farmer, leased cropland and equipment from his father, Otto Barth, for $20,000 per year. The parties separated in February 1997, when Nancy and the children left the family home.

[¶ 3] The trial…