Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Eklund

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 3, 1989No. 88-320PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage

Janet Eklund (wife) appears pro se appealing the dissolution decree entered by the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, apportioning the marital estate.

Wife raises three issues on appeal.

Did the District Court err by?(1) denying wife’s motion to remove the judge for cause;(2) setting over $60,000 of the marital estate to husband as a traceable gift from his parents;(3) failing to compensate her for her contribution to the family home.

We affirm.

Janet and John Randolf Eklund (husband) lived together for three years before marrying in the spring of 1982. They were married for four…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chmielewska v. Butte & Superior Mining Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1927
  2. In Re the Marriage of StewartMontana Supreme Court · 1988
  3. In Re Marriage of JacobsonMontana Supreme Court · 1979

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of FunkMontana Supreme Court · 2012
  2. In Re the Marriage of SteinbeisserMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Marriage of Pfeifer v. PfeiferMontana Supreme Court · 1997
  4. In Re Marriage of StufftMontana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. In Re the Marriage of HamiltonMontana Supreme Court · 1992

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