March 2026-No final judgment without property distribution Appellate courts always examine their own jurisdiction. Appellate jurisdiction included final judgments, meaning judgments that ruled on all issues as to all parties. In actions for dissolution of marriage, circuit courts had to distribute property. The earlier judgment distributed respective dollar amounts of property, but not by item, so the earlier judgment was not final. Therefore, earlier judgment did not start t

November 2025- No error shown in procedure for guardianship and conservatorship  The appellant initiated the action as to the protectee. The probate division issued an earlier judgment of incapacity and disability and appointing a guardian and conservator. Because the appellant prevailed, the appellant had no standing to appeal the earlier judgment or challenge that judgment as void for violation of due process. “Constitutional rights are personal to the affected party, and t