Ceyte v. Ceyte

The sole question for decision in this appeal is whether the chancellor erred in failing to give full faith and credit to a foreign court’s earlier final decree barring spousal support.

On October 8, 1974, Gisela Anita Burkhart Ceyte (the wife) filed a bill for separate maintenance against Edward Lee Ceyte (the husband) in the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News. On November 7, 1974, the court entered a pendente lite decree requiring the husband to pay spousal support of $320 per month. No final decree for separate maintenance was entered.

Prior to entry of the Newport News decree, the…