Legal Opinion

Burns v. Burns

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 22, 2007No. 20060218PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Cynthia L. Burns appealed from a divorce judgment granting custody of the couple’s two children to Bartley D. Burns. We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing one of the children’s teachers to testify, and the court’s award of custody to Bartley Burns is not clearly erroneous. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] The parties married in 1991 and resided during the marriage in Surrey. They have two children, a son born in 1993 and a daughter born in 1997. The son has been diagnosed with autism, Tourette’s syndrome, and attention deficit disorder. He is a…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Schmidt v. SchmidtNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Stoppler v. StopplerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Jelsing v. PetersonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Gullickson v. KlineNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Gietzen v. GabelNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Hartleib v. SimesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Lindberg v. LindbergNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Marsden v. KoopNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Stanhope v. Phillips-StanhopeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Sailer v. SailerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2009

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