Stearns v. Stearns

187 N.W.2d 733 (1971)

Thelma STEARNS, Appellant,

v.

William STEARNS, Appellee.

No. 54542.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 17, 1971.

Korf, Diehl, Clayton & Cleverly, Newton, for appellant.

Brierly, McCall & Girdner, Newton, for appellee.

LeGRAND, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's petition for divorce upon a finding by the trial court that a prior divorce decree obtained by defendant in Rhode Island constituted a complete bar to plaintiff's action here.

Plaintiff challenges the validity of the Rhode Island decree on the ground it was obtained by…