Steel v. Steel

Plaintiff appeals from the order and judgment of the district court awarding defendant $6,000 as her equitable share of the proceeds from the sale of the parties’ homestead. We affirm, but remand for the reasons hereinafter stated.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1958. They have one minor son. In 1971 the parties were divorced and, pursuant to a stipulation, the plaintiff-husband was awarded the couple’s home and custody of the child. The home was sold in April 1972. The parties were remarried in May 1972 and, with the proceeds from the sale of the home, purchased another home in…