Dressler v. Morrison

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• applying de novo review to legal issues underlying dismissal of complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6)
• appellate court will “uphold dismissal only if the plaintiff would not be entitled to relief under any facts susceptible of proof in the statement of the claim”
• “The legislature also specified a remedy for [when a dissolution decree does not dispose of all community property]: Former spouses will hold the property as tenants in common.”
• \We review an order granting a motion to dismiss for abuse of discretion.\
• “Under the doctrine of claim preclusion, a final 5 judgment on the merits in a prior suit involving the same parties or their privies bars a 6 second suit based on the same claim.”
• “We granted review to determine whether a party may bring a separate civil action for relief, rather than file a Rule 60(c) motion, when the party alleges ownership in real property not disposed of in a dissolution decree.”

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