Stein v. Hillebrand

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is the extent of the statutory authority of a trial court, in a dissolution of marriage action, to order the execution of a mortgage on real property as security for future alimony and child support payments. In an action for a declaratory judgment to quiet title against the named defendant, Donna E. HiUebrand,1 the plaintiff, Richard E. Stein, sought judicial invalidation of a mortgage on a one-half interest in a parcel of real property that he and his brother, David Stein, had owned as tenants in common. The trial court rendered judgment…