Opinion ID: 1937915
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: whether the trial court erred in granting the divorce based on irreconcilable differences.

Text: In his original pleadings, husband requested that a divorce be granted on the grounds of extreme mental cruelty. The trial court's decree of divorce, however, granted the divorce to each party on the basis of irreconcilable differences. He now alleges that this was error. First, he seems to overlook the fact that wife counterclaimed, asserting irreconcilable differences. Further, as wife correctly indicates, husband made no objection to the trial court's granting a divorce on those grounds until on appeal. In fact, husband's proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law state: Irreconcilable differences have arisen between the two parties, such that they can no longer bear to remain husband and wife. Husband has failed to properly preserve this issue for appeal, Sobolik v. Stone, 420 N.W.2d 764 (S.D.1988); Johnson v. John Deere Co., 306 N.W.2d 231 (S.D.1981).