Ingram v. Ingram

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Jeffrey Ingram, the Former Husband, filed a supplemental petition in his dissolution proceeding from Shelly Ingram, the Former Wife. The circuit court dismissed his petition for lack of jurisdiction, reasoning that it could not modify an award of equitable distribution that had been determined in a 1993 final judgment. Although the trial court is probably correct about its limited power to alter such an old award of equitable distribution, we conclude that the petition is not actually making such a request. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

This couple obtained a…