Owens v. Owens

Appellant, the former wife of appellee, seeks review of an order of dismissal entered by the circuit court. Appellant points out, and the record confirms, that appellee’s attorney obtained the order of dismissal by filing a motion to dismiss, a copy of which was never served upon appellant. The motion to dismiss alleges affirmative factual matters, which, if true, might ultimately be of great aid to appel-lee in defending appellant’s claim for past due child support. For reasons not disclosed by the record, the circuit judge seems to have entered, in a more or less ex parte manner, an order…