In re the Marriage of Wills

Husband appeals from a post-dissolution order modifying the property division portion of a dissolution judgment.1 He contends that the trial court lacked authority to enter the order. We vacate it.

The dissolution judgment was entered on June 23, 1987. On June 25, 1987, wife filed a motion for new trial, ORCP 64C, on the grounds that the trial court erred in holding that an inheritance received by husband during the marriage was not a marital asset and in dividing the parties’ personal property. In a letter dated August 13,1987, the court wrote that it would allow the motion and asked wife’s…