Abney v. Abney

The marriage of James Abney and Dorothy Abney was dissolved on July 29,1975. In our initial response to the wife’s appeal, we felt compelled to affirm the judgment because her brief did not contain a verbatim statement of the dissolution decree which we deemed crucial to a resolution of the issues she raised. Our opinion is reported at 360 N.E.2d 1044.

Thereafter the Supreme Court, on the wife’s petition to transfer, concluded that her error of omission was adequately cured by the presence of the verbatim judgment in appellee’s brief. The Supreme Court’s Order of July 29, 1977 remanded the…