Marriage of Carlson v. Carlson

OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

Richard Carlson appeals from a judgment in a dissolution action awarding the parties’ homestead entirely to Lorraine Carlson. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

The parties were married on January 15, 1966. They had two children. This action was .brought in April 1981.

Lorraine Carlson completed her sophomore year in high school. She worked housecleaning and babysitting until the parties married. She had no other education or work experience during the marriage other than her work as a waitress in a restaurant on Lake Street in Minneapolis. The remainder of her time she spent as a…