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BRENDA M. DEJONG Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KEITH B. DEJONG, Defendant and Appellee. [2003 SD 77] South Dakota Supreme Court Appeal from the Circuit Court of The First Judicial Circuit Yankton County, South Dakota Hon. Lee D. Anderson, Judge SARA E. ENG RICHARD A. JOHNSON of Strange, Farrell & Johnson, P.C. Sioux Falls, South Dakota Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant. MICHAEL D. STEVENS of Blackburn & Stevens, Prof. L.L.C. Yankton, South Dakota Attorneys for defendant and appellee. Considered on Briefs May 27, 2003 Opinion Filed 7/2/2003 #22650, #22654 SABERS, Justice [¶1.] The trial court granted a divorce to Keith and Brenda Dejong based on irreconcilable differences on October 25, 2002. The trial court awarded Keith general alimony of $1,000 per month until he is 62 years old and restitutional alimony of $400 per month for ten years. Brenda appeals claiming the trial court abused its discretion in awarding the amounts and both types of alimony. By notice of review, Keith appeals arguing the trial court abused its discretion by not awarding more general and restitutional alimony and by not extending the restitutional alimony until he becomes 62 years old. We affirm. FACTS [¶2.] Brenda and Keith were married shortly after they graduated high school in 1975. At the time of the marriage, Brenda was pregnant with the first of the couple

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