L.M.A. v. M.L.A.

OPINION

DARDEN, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

L. M.A. ("Wife") appeals the trial court's order modifying its 1995 decree dissolving her marriage to M.L.A. ("Husband") and awarding him custody of nine-year old V.A.1

We affirm.

ISSUE

Whether the trial court's order must be reversed because the court lacked jurisdiction.

FACTS

On February 16, 1995, an order of the Elkhart Superior Court No. 2, ("the trial court") dissolved the parties' marriage after both had stipulated "under oath" that there were "two children of the marriage." (App. 28). The trial court's order,2 pursuant to the parties' stipulation,…