Ex Parte Bodenhamer

Brenda T. Bodenhamer appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Baldwin Circuit Court's amended judgment of divorce. That court affirmed the amended judgment in Bodenhamer v. Bodenhamer, 904 So.2d 289 (Ala.Civ.App. 2003). We granted certiorari to decide whether the trial court had jurisdiction to amend its original judgment. It did not; therefore, the amended judgment is void.

On March 18, 2002, the trial court entered a judgment divorcing Brenda from George Randall Bodenhamer. George then filed a motion on March 26, 2002, to alter, amend, or vacate the judgment; on April 4, 2002, he…