Miller v. Miller

STRINGER, Judge.

In this postdissolution action, Joanne Miller (the Former Wife) appeals from the order on her “Amended Motion for Enforcement of Final Judgment” and the order denying rehearing of the same motion, contending that the trial court erred by modifying an award of lump-sum alimony when neither she nor William Miller (the Former Husband) had sought any modifications to the amended final judgment. We reverse the portion of the trial court’s order that modified the award of lump-sum alimony because the trial court had no jurisdiction to modify that award in the absence of a pleading…