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jeanne-h-olofson
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2
Top Practice Route
Family Law
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Jeanne Olofson appealed the dismissal of her Rule 74.06(b) motion, which sought to set aside the property division of her dissolution judgment for fraud. Her husband, Tom Olofson, died after she filed the motion, and the circuit court dismissed it, finding it abated and was moot. The Supreme Court of Missouri vacated the circuit court's judgment and remanded the case, holding that the motion did not abate upon Husband's death as it concerned property rights, not purely personal issues. The Court further clarified that Rule 74.06(b) allows for setting aside only the fraudulent portion of a judgment and that the action was not moot despite changes in the marital estate.
Jeanne Olofson appealed the trial court's judgment granting Tom Olofson's (Estate) motion for judgment on the pleadings, which dismissed her Rule 74.06(b) motion to set aside their dissolution judgment for fraud. Jeanne alleged Tom concealed information about the sale of his company stock, a major marital asset. The appellate court affirmed, holding that Rule 74.06(b) requires setting aside the entire dissolution judgment, not just the property division. Since Tom died after the dissolution judgment but before the Rule 74.06 motion was resolved, setting aside the entire judgment would cause the dissolution action to abate, rendering the requested relief of property reallocation impossible and the case moot.