In re the Marriage of Lundgren

Husband appeals from a dissolution-of-marriage decree awarding custody of three minor children, the family house and all of its furnishings, and attorney’s fees of $600 to wife.1

The parties have been married 12 years, and the children are ages 11, 8 and 3. The only major asset of the marriage is the family home, valued between $16,000 and $17,000, but encumbered with a $12,474 mortgage. Husband, 32, works regularly, earning approximately $14,000 per year; wife, 30, works regularly, earning approximately $5,000 per year.

Evidence adduced at the pendente lite hearing related primarily to the…