Burgess v. Burgess

Steele Hays, Justice.

This appeal challenges the power of a chancellor to modify an order under the provisions of Rule 60 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.

These parties were divorced by a decree which made no mention of marital property. From the record it appears the parties spent several months attempting to reach a property settlement and evidently had agreed on some, though not all, of the disputed items.

On July 23,1984, an order was entered either by agreement or by ruling of the court, we cannot determine which. The order awarded Linda Burgess, appellant, a one-fourth interest in…