{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"anna-emealia-brown","displayName":"Anna Emealia Brown","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd84878:2023-11-21","opinionId":"62667501-6909-5aa1-aee5-b31e8f27e64e","slug":"anna-emealia-brown-v-richard-lotman-brown-d84878","caseName":"Anna Emealia Brown\nvs. \nRichard Lotman Brown","caseNumber":"WD84878","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2023-11-21","year":2023,"display_summary":"Richard Lotman Brown appealed a contempt judgment and warrant of commitment for failing to pay an equalization payment to Anna Emealia Brown, as ordered by their dissolution judgment. Ex-Husband argued the underlying dissolution judgment was flawed and that he was unable to pay. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's contempt judgment and warrant of commitment, finding Ex-Husband's challenges to the dissolution judgment were not preserved and constituted an improper collateral attack. The court further held that Ex-Husband failed to prove his inability to pay the equalization payment, and ordered the immediate release of the supersedeas bond to Ex-Wife.","primaryTopic":"family-law","topicSlugs":["family-law","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=202895","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/anna-emealia-brown-v-richard-lotman-brown-d84878","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":38,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/family"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"},{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85817:2021-05-05","opinionId":"9eb32f24-38fa-5a80-877c-fd1b983b0938","slug":"anna-emealia-brown-v-richard-lotman-brown-d85817","caseName":"Anna Emealia Brown\nvs.\nRichard Lotman Brown","caseNumber":"WD85817","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2021-05-05","year":2024,"display_summary":"Richard Brown appealed the circuit court's denial of his motion to amend or set aside an order granting marital claims, which he filed after the time for direct appeal had elapsed. The appellate court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, finding that Rule 74.06, under which Brown filed his motion, was not applicable to the probate proceeding without a specific court order. The court also determined that Brown's motion did not create an independent right to appeal and granted Anna Brown's motion for sanctions, remanding for a determination of attorney's fees.","primaryTopic":"appellate-procedure","topicSlugs":["appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","estate-probate","family-law"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=206475","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/anna-emealia-brown-v-richard-lotman-brown-d85817","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":32,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/family"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}