State Ex Rel. York v. Daugherty

On June 10, 1996, Family Court Commissioner Sherrill L. Rosen (“Commissioner Ro-sen”) entered a purported judgment dissolving the marriage of Claudia J. York and James S. Stubbs (“Relators”). Commissioner Rosen acted pursuant to section 487.030, 1 which states that “findings and recommendations of [a] commissioner [regarding family court actions] shall_ become the judgment of the court when entered by the commissioner.” Nearly two years after Commissioner Rosen’s purported judgment dissolving Rela-tors’ marriage, this Court held that documents signed solely by a commissioner are not final…