In Re the Marriage of Baker

HOGAN, Judge.

Billy J. and Carol Ann Baker filed a joint petition for dissolution of their marriage, as authorized by § 452.320.1, RSMo 1978, V.A. M.S. In connection with the dissolution proceeding, the parties entered into a separation agreement as provided for by § 452.-325.1, RSMo 1978, V.A.M.S. On October 21, 1975, the Circuit Court of Crawford County called the cause for hearing. Petitioner Billy J. Baker appeared; petitioner Carol Ann Baker did not. The trial court heard evidence, found that the marriage was irretrievably broken and that the separation agreement was not unconscionable,…