Dethloff v. Dethloff

Dethloff v. Dethloff, 1999 ND 18, 592 N.W.2d 923

[Go to Documents]Filed Feb. 23, 1999
Modified Mar. 18, 1999[Download as WordPerfect]IN THE SUPREME COURTSTATE OF NORTH DAKOTA1999 ND 18

Sandra L. Dethloff, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
William L. Dethloff, Defendant and Appellant

Civil No. 980277

Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Bruce B. Haskell, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Thomas M. Tuntland, Tuntland and Hoffman, 104 3rd Avenue Northwest, P.O. Box 1315, Mandan, ND 58554, for plaintiff and appellee.
Ralph A. Vinje, Vinje Law Firm, 523 North 4th Street, Bismarck, ND 58501, for defendant and appellant.

Dethloff v. Dethloff

Civil No. 980277

Per Curiam.

[¶1] William L. Dethloff appealed from a second reinstated judgment granting Sandra L. Dethloff a divorce and dividing their property. We affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (4). Foreng v. Foreng, 509 N.W.2d 38 (N.D. 1993)(holding principal standards guiding award of attorney fees in a divorce action are one party's need and the other party's ability to pay). Pozarnsky v. Pozarnsky, 494 N.W.2d 148, 151 (N.D. 1992)(holding award of attorney fees under section 14-05-23, N.D.C.C., does not depend entirely on merit of each position although one party's actions escalating fees unreasonably can be a factor).

[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Dale V. Sandstrom
William A. Neumann
Mary Muehlen Maring
Carol Ronning Kapsner