Legal Opinion
Pries v. Watt
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 1991No. 20245PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice:
In this original proceeding in prohibition, the relator, Jacqueline Pries, seeks to prevent the respondent judge from proceeding further in a case for modification of spousal support filed in the Circuit Court of Putnam County by John L. Pries, the relator’s ex-husband. The relator contends that the circuit court does not have jurisdiction of her person and that further proceedings therefore violate due process. We agree, and we make the rule in prohibition permanent.
In July of 1984, the relator and her husband were divorced in Morris County, New Jersey, after thirty-six…
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