Jackson v. Jackson

The defendant appeals 1 from the trial court’s denial of a motion to open or to reform a judgment dissolving the parties’ marriage, claiming that the stipulation on which the judgment was based was the result of fraud, accident or mistake.

The judgment dissolving the marriage was rendered on December 12, 1980, based on the written stipulation of the parties. The stipulation provided in significant part as follows: (1) that the plaintiff would transfer to the defendant 2100 shares of stock in C 3, Inc., by December 31, 1980; (2) that the proceeds of the sale of the parties’ former residence…