In Re the Marriage of Plank

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• noting that pleadings in a dissolution case include the petition and response and, 7 therefore, spouse’s post-dissolution motion for writ of garnishment was not a new “action” but rather a motion ancillary to the original dissolution action
• when the term “action” is used with reference to legal proceedings, it should be taken to refer to the proceedings themselves
• a motion ancillary to the pending proceedings is not an “action”

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