Legal Opinion
Slaughter v. Slaughter
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 2004No. 2003-IA-00278-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
869 So.2d 386 (2004)
Mitchell Stuart SLAUGHTER
v.
Monica Woods SLAUGHTER.
No. 2003-IA-00278-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 1, 2004.
Charles E. Webster, Clarksdale, Tina Marie Dugard Scott, attorneys for appellant.
Nancy Allen Wegener, Clarksdale, attorney for appellee.
EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. On this appeal issues of venue and jurisdiction in a divorce and custody proceeding are raised, however, the main issue to be addressed is whether a chancery court may dismiss a contested divorce for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 93-5-11 (Rev.1994) yet retain the action…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Duvall v. DuvallMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
- Price v. PriceMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
- Cruse v. CruseMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
- Ross v. RossMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
- Carter v. CarterMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by4 opinions
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