Lovering v. Lovering

Betty Estelle Lovering, the appellant, filed a suit for divorce a mensa et thoro in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Robert Donald Lovering, the appellee, filed a motion raising preliminary objections alleging that the parties had been previously divorced a vinculo matrimonii by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The chancellor, Robert J. Woods, gave full faith and credit to the Pennsylvania divorce and dismissed the complaint. The appellant wife’s primary contention is that the Pennsylvania Court never acquired personal jurisdiction and, therefore, its…