Murphy v. Murphy

ROMANG, Judge:

In this appeal we must address the question of the effect in Oklahoma of a divorce and child custody decree of a New Mexico court where both spouses appeared, but where the former husband now seeks to question the domiciliary jurisdiction of the New Mexico courts, a question he saw fit not to raise in New Mexico. This could have been a complex and confusing case but for the professional briefing by both parties.

William and Tomey Murphy were married and apparently domiciled in Oklahoma. He being a horse trainer and she a jockey, they followed the racing circuit in Colorado and…