If the court finds the absentee dead in accordance with section 578.17, the absentee's marriage is dissolved. The court shall enter the conclusion of law dissolving the marriage on the order which establishes the death of the absentee as a matter of law.
Minn. Stat. § 578.19
1974 c 447 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2012 c 143 art 3 s 35, 38