Geraets v. Geraets

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Ethel Geraets appeals the property division in a judgment and decree of divorce from Joseph Geraets. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2] The parties were married in 1969 and five children were born diming the marriage. Ethel is forty-six years of age and Joseph is forty-seven. Ethel was employed as a teacher before the children were born and Joseph worked at a meat packing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 1987, Joseph left that employment and he and Ethel engaged in a farming operation. In 1989, Ethel obtained part time employment with the United States Post Office and…