Vollbrecht v. Vollbrecht

Dierks, District Judge.

This is a divorce action commenced on April 19, 1963, by the husband, Mel von Vollbrecht, plaintiff-appellee, against the wife, Viola Vollbrecht, defendant-appellant. The ground for divorce alleged by plaintiff was extreme cruelty. Defendant originally cross-petitioned for divorce on ground of physical cruelty and on October 22, 1963, amended such cross-petition to also charge that plaintiff committed adultery with a certain named woman.

The trial court granted an absolute divorce to plaintiff husband and awarded to him custody of the three minor children of the parties…