In re the Marriage of Tibbetts

Wife appeals and husband cross-appeals after the trial court reopened the parties’ dissolution of marriage proceeding under ORS 107.452. Previously, the parties had filed a co-petition for the dissolution of their marriage, and a judgment on the co-petition had been entered. The initial judgment made no mention of the parties’ minor child born before their marriage, and did not make any disposition of the marital residence. Two years after the judgment was entered, husband filed a document with the court that was entitled, “Supplemental Petition for Child Custody.”1 Wife moved to reopen the…