Cooper v. Cooper

OPINION

MARY K. HOFF, Judge.

Russell Paul Cooper (Husband) appeals from the trial court’s default Judgment and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage (Default Judgment) entered in favor of Tara Lea Cooper (Wife) on Wife’s Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (Petition). We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because an appeal cannot properly lie from the Default Judgment itself.

Procedural Background

Although we need not engage in a detailed recitation of the facts, the record reveals the following procedural background relevant to our disposition of the case.

Husband and Wife were married on…