Petitioner, Christine C. Deignan, resided in Davenport,
Iowa, at the time the petition in this case was filed. She
became licensed as a physician in 1977, and, since then has
engaged in the solo practice of internal medicine.
In 1977, petitioner married Paul Deignan. The couple
purchased a residential lot in Davenport, Iowa, at 2801 East 42nd
Street in 1984 on which they planned to construct a personal
residence. They began construction in 1987. However, on October
9, 1987, before completion of the house, petitioner filed a
Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in the Iowa District Court
for Scott County. At that time, she stopped contributing
financially to the construction project.
On February 19, 1988, Paul Deignan filed a Motion to
Preserve Assets. Lacking sufficient funds to complete the
project himself, he sought an order "requiring that the
Petitioner [Christine Deignan] cooperate in expending joint
assets, sufficient to complete the home in the most expeditious
manner consistent with good construction practice."
In the divorce decree issued on October 5, 1988, the court
ordered petitioner to "complete the home at her expense." The
decree directed that, upon completion of the house, title would
be held by petitioner and her ex-husband as tenants in common.
The court further directed that the house be sold as soon as
completed, with petitioner and her ex-husband splitting the
proceeds of the sale equally.
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