Dodson v. Dodson

This is an appeal from a decree of dissolution which ended a thirty-four year marriage between the parties. Appellant contends that the trial court erred when it granted a decree of dissolution instead of a decree of legal separation.

The judgment is reversed and remanded.

On August 28, 1985, appellant filed a petition for a decree of legal separation from respondent. In her petition, appellant made no allegation that the parties’ marriage was irretrievably broken. On February 20, 1986, respondent filed a cross-petition in which he requested that the trial court find that their marriage was…