Hicks v. Pleasants

OPINION

CARPENETI Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The trial court divided a divoreing couple's property following entry of a default divorce. The defaulted defendant in the underlying divoree asserts that the court's property division differed in kind and exceeded the amount prayed for in the complaint and is therefore void. He further argues that the court applied an incorrect standard of proof to the property division. Because we determine that the language in the prayer for relief was sufficient to put the defendant on notice that the court would divide the marital estate, we conclude the court had…