Blank v. Blank

JAMES, Judge.

Respondent has moved to dismiss the pending divorce petition on the ground that this Court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint — the marriage res — since the parties were divorced by a valid Indiana decree dated May 10, 1976.1 Alternatively, respondent asserts that petitioner should be estopped from contesting the validity of the Indiana decree because both parties have remarried in reliance upon that decree and innocent parties would be substantially prejudiced by this ten year late attack.

The record shows that petitioner and respondent were married in…