Allen v. Allen

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, J.

Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant Linda Mary Allen (Wife) appeals the lower court’s summary dismissal of her complaint for separate maintenance, for child custody and support, and for attorney’s fees and costs.

*520The issue is whether the lower court erred in deciding that it lacked jurisdiction and in deciding without the benefit of an adversary hearing that it was an inconvenient forum. We hold that it erred and we reverse.

The appeal by Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee Scott Ethan Allen (Husband) of the lower court’s stay of its order requiring Wife to…