Nickel v. Nickel

Plaintiff Violet Mae Nickel filed a complaint in Wayne County Circuit Court seeking a declaratory judgment determining void a decree of divorce which the defendant, Stewart Newman Nickel, had obtained in Reno, Nevada, on February 4, 1965. She further sought a determination that the marriage between them was still in full force and effect. Following trial a judgment was entered September 23, 1969, in favor of defendant determining that the Nevada decree of divorce was to be given full faith and credit in Michigan. From that judgment, and from a subsequent order denying her motion for a new…