Legal Opinion

Welch v. Watts

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 22, 2009No. ED 92136Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARY K. HOFF, Judge.

Lynda Cleek Watts, formerly known as Welch, (Wife) appeals from the trial court’s order denying Wife’s motion to set aside judgment of dissolution entered in favor of Richard Welch (Husband). We dismiss the appeal without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction because the trial court’s order is not denominated a judgment and, thus, is not a final, appealable judgment.

Factual and Procedural History

Although we need not engage in a detailed recitation of the facts, the record reveals the following procedural background relevant to our disposition of the case.

Husband and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. City of St. Louis v. HughesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  2. Jon E. Fuhrer Co. v. GerhardtMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  3. Guy v. ThomasMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005

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