Fuerst v. Fuerst

This is an appeal from the property-division of a divorce judgment made under Wisconsin’s recently revised laws applicable to actions affecting marriage.

Lawrence and Bernice Fuerst were married on June 20, 1954. At the time of their divorce trial on October 16, 1978, Lawrence was 60 years old and Bernice was 51. The marriage was Lawrence’s first. Bernice had two children by a prior marriage who lived with the Fuersts from the date of their marriage until the children were no longer minors, a period of twelve years. Lawrence never adopted Bernice’s children, and their father’s parental rights…