Richardson v. Richardson

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

This matter was begun by the filing of a petition by a former wife for a rule nisi to enforce a divorce decree entered in 1982 by the circuit court of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Service of the petition was had by registered mail upon the defendant former husband in Florida. Defendant filed an answer to the petition on July 2, 1987. Notice of setting for trial on October 23 was served upon defendant by mail on July 16, 1987. Defendant, by a letter to the judge dated October 19, informed that he would be unable to appear for trial and that he was not…