Wiederanders v. Wiederanders

STRUTZ, Chief Justice.

An action for divorce was brought by the respondent wife in February 1966. The appellant husband filed an answer, admitting that he had been guilty of acts of extreme cruelty and praying that the court grant a divorce to the plaintiff. He further asked that the court award the custody of the minor son to him or, if the minor children were to be awarded to the plaintiff-respondent, that the court grant reasonable rights of visitation to him, the defendant-appellant.

The case was tried to the Honorable Eugene A. Burdick, judge of the District Court of Williams County, and…