Rickner v. Frederick

In these postdivorce proceedings, the circuit court denied a petition to reinstate alimony, ruling that it no longer had jurisdiction to grant the petition. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals, vacate the judgment of the circuit court, and remand this case to the circuit court for further proceedings.

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The plaintiff and the defendant were married in 1966. In 1988, the plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce. By that time, the parties’ three children had reached the age of majority.

In early 1989, the circuit court entered an interim support order that…