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MELLEMA v. MELLEMA

No. 15327.

407 N.W.2d 827 (1987)

Perry Jay MELLEMA, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Ginger Renae MELLEMA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlie Brende of Cadwell, Sanford & Diebert, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellee.

Lee R. Burd, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

WUEST, Chief Justice.

In this divorce action the former wife and mother (Ginger) appeals from the circuit court's decree of divorce granting the father and former husband (Perry) primary custody of the couple's two sons. We affirm.

The couple was married in July 1981. At the time of the trial, in January 1986, their two sons were three and one-half and two years old. The trial court concluded: "The Plaintiff [Perry] and Defendant [Ginger] shall have joint...

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