Sudden drop in property values which prevented parties from selling two marital homes for previously agreed‑upon minimum amount under terms of property settlement agreement and divorce decree constituted exceptional circumstances justifying extraordinary relief and thus provided trial court grounds to entertain former husband’s motion for relief from judgment more than one year after entry of decree of dissolution under rule recognizing “any reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment.”
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