Patricia E. Bonner v. Jeff D. Emerson

[¶ 1] Jeff D. Emerson appeals from a judgment of the District Court (West Bath, J.D. Kennedy, J.) denying Patricia E. Bonner’s motions to enforce their divorce judgment and amending, sua sponte, the parties’ 2013 divorce judgment. Emerson argues that the court was without authority to amend the divorce judgment. Bonner cross-appeals, also challenging the court’s authority to amend the divorce judgment. We vacate and remand for reconsideration.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Bonner and Emerson were married on November 30, 1985. In 2011, Bonner instituted divorce proceedings and, after a protracted period…