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IN RE MARRIAGE OF ESTATE OF SCHULTZ v. SCHULTZ

No. 94-1267.

194 Wis.2d 799 (1995)

535 N.W.2d 116

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF: ESTATE OF Anne M. SCHULTZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William F. SCHULTZ, Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Gary L. Bendix and John M. Bruce of Savage, Gregorski, Webster, Stangel & Bendix, S.C. of Manitowoc.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Terence P. Fox of Dewane, Dewane, Kummer & Lambert of Manitowoc.

Before Brown, Nettesheim and Snyder, JJ.

BROWN, J.

In this case, the family court held that one of its property division determinations in a prior divorce judgment was ambiguous. Having so held, it then clarified its judgment. We hold that once we agree with the trial court that its own prior judgment is ambiguous, then we must accord great deference to the trial court's resolution of the ambiguity; we will not reverse unless the trial court's subsequent interpretation is devoid of reason. We affirm, but...

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