L____ A____ J v. C____ T____ J

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

A near irreconcilable clash of classic principles — the inviolability of final judgments from all save direct attack vis-a-vis the inviolability of individuals from judgments for the payment of money rendered on something as tenuous as service by publication — underlies this otherwise pedestrian appeal.

First, a look at the apical facts is in order. On May 9,1972, a decree was entered in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, awarding L_A_J_(wife) a divorce from C_ T_ J_ (husband) and custody of three minor children claimed by her to have been “born of the…