Richards v. Richards

Opinion

The defendant, Lois Richards, appeals from the judgment of the trial court ordering a partition by sale of the parties’ marital residence. The defendant claims on appeal that the court improperly failed to apply the doctrine of res judicata as a bar to the plaintiffs partition action because the Superior Court’s prior dissolution judgment already had divided the marital property. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts and procedural history are relevant to our disposition of this appeal. The plaintiff, Earl Richards, Jr., and the defendant were separated after a…