Oguz v. Oguz

I concur with a reversal in this case. In my view, the basic question raised by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting the former husband’s motion to dismiss the former wife’s suit to enforce a property settlement agreement for lack of jurisdiction.1 Based solely on the pleadings filed in this case, I think the final disposition of her case was premature.

The parties in this case were married in 1973. The former husband, Olyar, filed a suit for dissolution on December 27, 1979. The former wife’s, Ender’s, complaint alleged that during the pendency of the dissolution…