Lacher v. Lacher

ROBERTSON, Judge.

In this case we are asked to decide whether a decree of dissolution of marriage that disposes of all issues and property before the trial court but which expressly purports to maintain jurisdiction in the trial court for a period of time exceeding that established by Rule 75.01 is nonetheless final, appealable, and exclusively modifiable by a Section 452.370, RSMo 1986, motion to modify. The Court of Appeals, Eastern District, held that the decree in question was final on the date it was entered, could be modified only by the filing of a motion to modify pursuant to Section…