Husband, relying on
Rousseau and Rousseau,
Rousseau involved a post-dissolution contempt action brought by a wife when the husband failed to sell real property from which she was supposed to be paid $35,000. The trial court refused to hold the husband in contempt but modified the judgment to give her a $35,000 judgment which was not conditioned on the sale of the real property. We held that the trial court could not modify the judgment under the guise of interpreting it. Rousseau does hold that the property division provisions of a dissolution judgment may not be modified. However, it does not hold that a person is precluded from ever seeking a partitioning of real or personal property included in a property distribution.
There are two procedures available for obtaining a partition of property included in a dissolution judgment. ORS 107.105(6) allows a party to file a supplemental proceeding, as a part of the dissolution, seeking partitioning of real or personal property. Such an action must be filed within two years of entry of the judgment. A separate proceeding may also be brought under the general partitioning statutes, ORS 105.205
et seq,
when real property is involved, or pursuant to the court’s equitable power, if personal property is involved.
Killam v. Killam,
The fact that the result of the partitioning may have impacts on the parties’ use and ownership of the jointly owned property does not preclude a separate partitioning proceeding.
Hellesvig v. Hellesvig,
The fact that a partitioning of the stock may affect husband’s voting and management rights does not preclude a partitioning of the stock. Whether a partition is warranted and under what conditions, including whether husband should be compensated for the impact on his voting and management rights, are matters for the trial court to determine in the partitioning proceeding.
See Hurst v. Hall,
Reversed and remanded.
