Hammel v. HammelCivil No. 920097

Levine, Justice.

Terral Hammel appeals from orders denying his motions to change the custody of his son from Jane Elizabeth Hammel to him, to modify his child and spousal support obligations, and from a denial of a post-trial motion to reconsider and "vacate" that part of an earlier order requiring that he, Jane and their son participate together in counseling. We conclude that the trial court's findings on support and custody were not clearly erroneous and that its order denying the motion to vacate was not an abuse of discretion. We affirm under Rule 35.1(e)(2), (4), NDRAppP.

Beryl J. Levine
Herbert L. Meschke
Ralph J. Erickstad, S.J.
Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

Surrogate Judge Ralph J. Erickstad was Chief Justice at the time this case was heard and serves as surrogate judge for the case pursuant to Section 27-17-03, NDCC.

Justice J. Philip Johnson, who was a member of the Court when this case was heard, did not participate in this decision.

Justice Neumann and Justice Sandstrom, not being members of the Court when this case was heard, did not participate in this decision.