Because relief under 74.06(b) would set aside the entire dissolution judgment, the parties would be put in the same position they were before the entry of the original judgment. See Ball v. Shannon, 975 S.W.2d 947, 949 (Mo. App. S.D. 1998). Any proceedings to then dissolve the marriage and divide marital property would be abated by Tom's death.

When the court found good cause for husband's absence and a potential material error regarding child support and vacated its prior judgment, the parties were restored to their previous status and the posture of the case was as though the original judgment was never entered. Ball v. Shannon, 975 S.W.2d 947, 948 (Mo.App.S.D. 1998). Because the court found there was good cause for the husband's failure to appear for the afternoon hearing and a potential material error in child support, due process required the court to give husband a meaningful opportunity to be heard on the merits.