Ginger M. Wilson Missouri Cases

Ginger Wilson appealed a judgment finding her ex-husband, Gregory Wilson, in contempt for failing to properly distribute a retirement account as per their dissolution judgment. The motion court found the dissolution judgment's language regarding the account ambiguous, allowing Husband's market-value distribution method. The appellate court reversed, holding that the dissolution judgment's requirement to "release[] and quit-claim[]" all right, title, and interest in one-half of the account shares was unambiguous and meant transferring beneficial ownership of the shares, not just their market value. The case was remanded for the trial court to determine relief to make Wife whole.