Heuer v. Heuer

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

COLEMAN, J.

The core question raised in this appeal is what legal effect a successful attack on the validity of an ancient foreign divorce or putative divorce should have on claims after remarriage for alimony and/or equitable distribution when the party procuring the putative foreign decree did not knowingly commit any wrongful conduct. The trial court held that (1) defendant was not estopped from attacking the validity of plaintiffs prior divorce, (2) defen dant was entitled to a judgment annulling his marriage with plaintiff, and (3) plaintiffs…