Sefkow v. Sefkow

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Paula Sefkow appeals from rulings of the trial court in a judgment dissolving the marriage of the parties. We affirm on valuation and division of marital property, but we reverse and modify on issues of child custody and appellant’s legal expenses, and we reverse and remand on issues of child support and spousal maintenance.

FACTS

The parties were married in 1969, two years before they both graduated from the University of Minnesota. In September 1971, Robert Sefkow entered law school at the University of Wisconsin; appellant obtained a teaching position, earning $8,000 to…