Kenneth Coons v. Melissa Coons

¶ 1. Wife seeks to set aside a stipulated final order for divorce on the ground that she entered into the agreement in reliance on an in-chambers “weather report” in which the trial judge misstated the applicable law. We affirm.

¶ 2. The material facts are not in dispute. On May 7, 2015, the parties conducted the second day of their final divorce hearing. Over the course of the hearing, testimony was elicited about the parties’ assets, including husband’s not-yet-vested military retirement benefit. Near the end of the hearing, the trial court called a brief recess and asked counsel to meet in…