# Fuerstenberg v. Fuerstenberg

> South Dakota Supreme Court · March 24, 1999 · 591 N.W.2d 798

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9514670

## Case

- **Full name:** Glenn FUERSTENBERG, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Jill FUERSTENBERG, N/K/A Jill Harberts, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** South Dakota Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 24, 1999
- **Citations:** 591 N.W.2d 798; 1999 SD 35; 1999 S.D. LEXIS 43
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Sabers
- **Judges:** Konenkamp, Miller, Amundson, Gilbertson, Sabers
- **Cited by:** 71 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9514670

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding “[c]hild custody disputes should not be decided solely on a listing of faults ascribed to one parent or on the petty and often extraneous quarrels between former spouses[,]” but rather utilize “a balanced and systemic approach” under the best interests standard

## Opinion text

SABERS, Justice
(concurring in result).
[¶ 39.] I concur in result of a reversal and remand for a new hearing because siblings, even half siblings, should not be separated absent compelling reasons. Here, it appears that there are no compelling reasons to separate these half siblings. Mayer v. Mayer, 397 N.W.2d 638, 642 (S.D.1986) (citations omitted).

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