In Re the Marriage of Hermsen

Mary Hermsen seeks review of an order in which the trial court terminated her marriage to Thomas Hermsen but retained the jurisdiction to subsequently decide other matters such as child custody and the distribution of property. The order was entered after Thomas Hermsen moved for partial summary judgment on the issue of marriage dissolution and Mary Hermsen did not deny that the marriage was irretrievably broken. RCW 26.09.030; CR 56(a). The trial court directed the entry of a final decree of dissolution after finding no just reason to delay termination of the marriage until the other factual…