Section 559

Citation: Section 559
Parent Document: Fraser v. Fraser, 642 N.W.2d 34 (2002)
Jurisdiction: Minnesota (state)
Effective Date: 2002-03-19
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1350498/fraser-v-fraser/ ↗

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While third-party practice is not categorically forbidden in dissolution actions, a dissolution is not an action “under or relating to” a contract for deed for purposes of Minn.Stat. § 559.211 (2000). Therefore, we affirm the district court’s decision to vacate the joinder of father as a third-party respondent in the dissolution action and the injunction suspending father’s attempt to cancel the contract. Because the dissolution court’s ruling on the adequacy of father’s service of the notice to cancel the contract for deed was not binding in the eviction action and because wife’s equitable defenses are not foreclosed by any of the proceedings to date, we remand that action for the court to address the service defenses and to determine whether the equitable defenses should be heard in the eviction action. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. 1 . Husband's father is also a respondent in this appeal. 2

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