Legal Opinion

Birchfield v. Birchfield

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1988No. 15789Published

1Opinion of the Court

417 N.W.2d 891 (1988)

Darlyn BIRCHFIELD, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Marvin Kelly BIRCHFIELD, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 15789.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs November 16, 1987.

Decided January 13, 1988.

Lynn A. Moran, Moran Law Offices, Custer, for plaintiff and appellee.

Kenneth R. Dewell, Hot Springs, for defendant and appellant.

MILLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the modification of a divorce decree requiring a father to make child support payments on behalf of a son beyond son's nineteenth birthday, until he graduates from high school. We reverse and remand.

At issue is…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Childers v. ChildersWashington Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Jameson v. JamesonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  4. State v. AbrahamsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
  5. State Theatre Co. v. SmithSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1979

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