Manley v. Manley

360 So.2d 489 (1978)

Walter J. MANLEY, Appellant,

v.

Jeanette MANLEY, Appellee.

No. 77-1118.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 12, 1978.

Bruce W. Jacobus of Ferrell & Jacobus, Melbourne, for appellant.

Edward L. Trader, Melbourne, for appellee.

DOWNEY, Chief Judge.

In this dissolution of marriage proceeding, initiated by the wife, the husband did not appear though served with process.

In her complaint the wife claimed the marital domicile because she alleged her mother had given the property to her and she needed it as a place of abode. The title to said property was held by the…