RYAN v. RYAN

No. 13063-r-JF.

301 N.W.2d 675 (1981)

Geertruda RYAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Michael L. RYAN, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jauane J. Bleau of East River Legal Services, Vermillion, for plaintiff and appellant.

John Kabeiseman of Brady, Kabeiseman, Reade, Abbott & Johnson, Yankton, for defendant and appellee.


FOSHEIM, Justice.

The trial court granted appellant-mother a divorce, but deferred to the State of Arizona for a custody determination regarding the two minor children of the marriage on the grounds that South Dakota is an inconvenient forum. This appeal is from the child custody part of that judgment. We reverse.

On April 10, 1979, appellee-father entered the marital home in Yankton, South Dakota, with two adult male relatives and, against appellant's wishes...

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