Rikard v. Rikard

This involves the third divorce between the parties.

The husband appeals, and the sole question presented for review is whether, under the evidence in the case, the parties reconciled two days after the divorce complaint was filed by the wife.

If the parties so reconciled, the effect in Alabama is clear, for a reconciliation between the parties in a pending divorce action abrogates the cause of action; and, ordinarily, the only allowable judgment thereafter is one dismissing the cause.McNutt v. Beaty, 370 So.2d 998 (Ala. 1979); James v. James,369 So.2d 811 (Ala.Civ.App. 1979). Thus, in this…