Kathy Wolt, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Steve Wolt, Defendant and Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed the divorce judgment, concluding the district court did not clearly err in awarding Kathy Wolt custody, restricting Steve Wolt's visitation, or valuing and equitably dividing the marital estate. The court upheld the custody decision because the district court properly considered the statutory best-interest factors and found substantial evidence that Steve had alienated the children from Kathy. It also rejected Steve's challenges to visitation and property valuation, declined to consider an unpreserved argument concerning the children's college fund, and imposed a $500 sanction against Steve's attorney. Chief Justice Vande Walle concurred in the result without a separate opinion explaining his reasoning.