Erickson v. Erickson

Plaintiff, Susan A. Erickson, obtained an absolute divorce from defendant, Raymond D. Erickson, in February 1973. The divorce was granted on the ground that defendant had conducted himself in a manner detrimental to the marriage relationship within the purview of the then applicable statute, Minn. St. 1971, § 518.06(3). The trial court awarded custody of the couple’s minor child to plaintiff, subject to reasonable visitation rights to be exercised by defendant. Defendant’s appeal from the judgment contests only the custody award.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1960 in Oregon. At the…