In Re Marriage of Franks

Appellant seeks to reverse a decree which dissolved his marriage to appellee.

The dissolution proceeding was commenced on April 19, 1973. Numerous procedural motions were filed. On February 15, 1974, appellant responded to the petition for dissolution of marriage, denying that the marriage between the parties was irretrievably broken. He asserted numerous defenses, including the absence of jurisdiction based upon the claim that, for a variety of reasons, the Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act, section 14-10-101 et seq., C.R.S, 1973, was unconstitutional.

A contested evidentiary hearing on the…