Marriage of Hopkins v. Hopkins

CRANDALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the grant of a decree of legal separation. The judgment entered in this case resulted from the imposition of sanctions, pursuant to Rule 61.-01(b), against appellant-husband. Therefore, it is not a default judgment in the ordinary sense but is treated as a judgment upon trial by the court. Portell v. Portell, 643 S.W.2d 18 (Mo.App.1982). We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

On appeal the husband does not contest the trial court’s imposition of sanctions. Rather he alleges that the trial court’s division of marital property and its award of…