Essig v. Essig

SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Mary Katherine Essig asked the trial court to set aside its decree dissolving her marriage to Charles Eldon Essig so it could reconsider the couple’s division of property and whether she should receive maintenance. The trial court denied her request after deciding that too much time had transpired since it had entered its judgment. We reverse and remand the case for further proceedings.

The Essigs married on November 21,1958, and they separated on May 21, 1993. Charles Essig filed a petition to dissolve the marriage six days after the separation. On the same day, the…