Godinet v. Godinet

We took under advisement petitioner's motion to execute that portion of the Oregon divorce judgment purporting to transfer ownership of an interest in real property located in Pago Pago, American Samoa, from respondent Lahey Godinet to petitioner Nancy Godinet.

We conclude that the Oregon court was without jurisdiction to issue such an order. "It is well settled that although a court may have in personam jurisdiction to order one of the parties to convey to the other party a deed to property in another state, it cannot directly affect or determine title to that real property." Perrv v.…