Ritzell v. Espeche

The court of appeals concluded that the summary judgment appealed from was interlocutory and dismissed the appeal. 65 S.W.3d 226. We disagree and therefore reverse and remand to the court of appeals for further proceedings.

Petitioner William Ritzell and respondent Maureen Espeche allowed their divorce proceedings to terminate while they attempted to reconcile, but when that failed, new proceedings were instituted and the parties were divorced. In the first case, the parties had a written agreement that divided their property and obligated Ritzell to support Espeche’s son Jonathan, but that…