Larson v. Larson

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Judge.

This appeal is from the trial court’s dissolution decree determining that respondent was an equal joint owner of a homestead. We reverse and remand, with instructions.

FACTS

On June 29, 1981, four months prior to their marriage, Bernard Larson and Rita McGlasson jointly signed a Purchase Agreement to buy a homestead located at 326 Burnes Drive, Hopkins, Minnesota. Rita, at that time a licensed real estate agent, located the property and prepared, with the assistance of Bernard, the Purchase Agreement.

On September 1, 1981, approximately eight weeks before the marriage of…