State ex rel. Cooper v. Curless

JAMES K. PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

Reja L. Cooper and Relator were married May 9, 1992. Reja L. Cooper gave birth to three children during the marriage. The Coopers separated in October of 1997, and a dissolution of marriage was granted by Respondent on April 30, 1998, in the Circuit Court of Cedar County. Reja L. Cooper was the petitioner in the dissolution action but did not appear for the proceedings which resulted in the dissolution decree and judgment.

Thereafter, Reja L. Cooper filed a Motion to Set Aside the dissolution decree and judgment. That motion was denied on July 6, 1998, and…