Cox v. Clark

On appeal, Ms. Cox’s sole contention is that Florida courts should give the 1972 judgment she obtained against Mr. Clark in South Carolina full faith and credit. Insofar as the judgment dissolved the parties’ marriage, her position is well taken. But the trial court properly declined to give full faith and credit to the child support provisions of the South Carolina judgment. The South Carolina court never obtained jurisdiction over Mr. Clark, even though it had jurisdiction over the res of the marriage. Service on Mr. Clark by publication in a South Carolina newspaper — without mailing a…