RICKENBACH v. Kosinski

This is a troubling case. It is troubling because the trial judge fashioned a fair and equitable result after carefully considering the evidence presented to him. Unfortunately, it appears that the relief fashioned was not what either party wanted, and neither seems to have told the court during the course of the trial that the request for the relief that was granted had been withdrawn by stipulation. Thus, we are compelled to reverse.

When the marriage between the parties was dissolved in 2003, the trial judge then presiding entered an order requiring the former husband, Robert Rickenbach, to…