Shinnick v. Shinnick

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Kathryn Leann Shinnick ("the wife") appeals from a judgment entered by the Jackson Circuit Court ("the trial court") divorcing her from Brian Joseph Shinnick ("the husband"). The judgment, which incorporated the agreement the parties had reached after negotiations and announced in open court, divided the marital property, awarded the wife alimony in gross, and waived periodic alimony for both parties, among other things.

On appeal, the wife maintains that the trial court did not possess subject-matter jurisdiction but that, if this court determines that the trial…