In Re the Marriage of Penning

This appeal from the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, concerns issues arising from the divorce of Kathleen and Dale Penning. Dale appeals the District Court’s decisions on custody, the proper amount of child support and maintenance, and the propriety of an award of attorney fees to Kathleen. We affirm.

The parties married on March 27, 1981. The District Court dissolved the marriage on April 21, 1988. Four children, aged from one year old to six years old, were born of the marriage. Kathleen also has an eight-year-old child from a prior marriage.

Dale contracts work at the Exxon…