Davis v. Davis

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant Willie Mace Davis (Wife) appeals from the trial court's dismissal of her action against appellee Gilmer W. Davis (Husband). Wife had filed a petition for contempt and modification of support, and Husband responded by filing a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over the person pursuant to Ind. Rules of Procedure, Trial Rule 12(B)(2). The record reveals the following facts.

The Davises were married in Kentucky in 1957. In 1958, while travelling through Indiana from Kentucky to Ohio, the Davis-es stopped in Indianapolis to visit some of Wife's relatives. They…