Wesson v. Wesson

YATES, Judge.

The husband filed for divorce in the state of New York on April 22, 1991. On August 23, 1991, the husband filed a complaint for divorce in the state of Alabama. The wife filed a counterclaim in the New York action on September 30, 1991.

Action was taken by both courts in this case. The New York court awarded penden-te lite relief to the wife on September 17, 1991. The circuit court of Lauderdale County entered a purported judgment of divorce on September 2, 1992. The wife appeals.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the Alabama court erred in exercising jurisdiction in this…