Marriage of McMahon v. McMahon

KELLEY, Justice.

The parties were divorced in 1968. The divorce decree reserved to the court the right to determine spousal maintenance in the future. In 1982, appellant’s motion to require respondent to pay spousal maintenance was granted by the Hennepin County District Court. Additionally, that order provided that respondent would have a lien on the former homestead of the parties which had been granted to the appellant in the original divorce decree for all maintenance paid. We hold that granting the lien violated Minn.Stat. § 518.64, subd. 2 (1982) prohibiting modification of property…