Hill v. Hill

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the defendant’s motion to open and modify the judgment of dissolution. The opening and modification of the judgment affected all of the orders, but did not affect the decree of dissolution. The plaintiff contends that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant the defendant’s motion, filed more than four months after judgment, because there was insufficient evidence of fraud.

The parties’ nine and one-half year marriage was dissolved on January 6, 1989, following a hearing on the parties’ separation agreement. The plaintiff…