In Re the Marriage of Roth

Opinion by

JUDGE TAUBMAN

¶ 1 This dissolution of marriage case between Michelle J. Roth (wife) and Robert M. Roth (husband) presents a novel issue involving the interplay of subject matter jurisdiction between the district court and an arbitrator when the arbitrator dies while a ■request to modify or correct an arbitration award is pending before him.

¶ 2 The appeal arises from the district court’s judgment confirming an arbitration award dividing the parties’ marital estate. Wife contends that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to confirm the award when both palsies had…