Archuleta v. Archuleta

Appellee husband was granted a divorce on the ground of voluntary separation for one year,1 and was ordered to pay appellant wife alimony and child support. She has appealed and raises basically two points.

Appellant first argues that because she had brought an earlier action for divorce in Maryland, the trial court, as a matter of comity, should have stayed this action and allowed the Maryland action to proceed to judgment. The pendency of the divorce action in Maryland was no bar to the District of Columbia action, and the stay of the local action as a matter of comity was discretionary.2 In…