Stanger v. Stanger

DONALDSON, Justice.

This appeal concerns the characterization of property and the allowance of child support in a divorce action.

The plaintiff-appellant is the wife, Dayle Franceen Stanger. The defendant-respondent is the husband, David K. Stanger. The parties were married in 1961. They have lived in the Idaho Falls area for most of their marriage, except for the initial years when the husband was attending school. The parties have two children, a son and a daughter, ages fourteen and ten, respectively at the date of trial. The plaintiff filed for divorce in October, 1976.

The property in…