Ottmann v. Ottmann

CLARK, Judge.

This is a dissolution of marriage case in which the husband-appellant contends, among other points raised on appeal, that the decree is void because venue of the cause did not lie in Clinton County. We agree and reverse the judgment.

It is undisputed that on February 11, 1986 when the action was filed in the circuit court of Clinton County, the petitioner-wife was residing in Atchison County and the husband was a resident of Nodaway County. Rock Port in Atchison County was the situs of the marital domicile. During the course of the dissolution of marriage litigation, the wife…