Pace v. Pace

Defendant, Ingrid G. Pace, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations. Plaintiff, John W. Pace, has filed a cross-appeal.

The trial court granted plaintiff-husband a divorce despite the fact that a Texas court had previously adjudged him’an incompetent and had appointed defendant-wife as his guardian. Because the Texas judgment is entitled to full faith and credit, we reverse and remand.

A court in El Paso County, Texas, found the plaintiff to be incompetent in April 1984. The Texas court appointed defendant as his legal guardian. This…