Legal Opinion
Stolar v. Stolar
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 28, 1976No. 10191PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FICKLING, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal by appellant-wife from the dismissal of her complaint for absolute divorce because she failed to assert her complaint as a compulsory counterclaim in a previous, unsuccessful divorce action brought by appellee-husband. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred by granting appellee’s motion to dismiss. We affirm.
The parties were married on August 23, 1945. In the early fall of 1973, the husband indicated his desire to live separately and moved out of the family residence. On January 22, 1975, the husband filed a complaint for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Williams v. RobinsonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1940
- Hales v. HalesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
- Comer v. FistereDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- Stephenson v. StephensonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Gardner v. GardnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
- Bernard v. BernardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999