Marriage of Eklund v. Eklund

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

This appeal is from a dissolution judgment which: (1) ruled that the parties’ real estate be sold and the proceeds used to pay debts not discharged by the bankruptcy court; and (2) denied appellant’s motion for maintenance and attorney fees.

FACTS

Patricia Eklund (appellant) and James Eklund (respondent) were married November 25, 1950. They lived in Morris, Minnesota, where respondent operated Ek-lund’s Body Shop and appellant worked at Morris State Bank.

Six months after appellant sued for dissolution, respondent was hospitalized to be treated for cancer.

While in the…