Bonate v. Bonate

Plaintiff, Corrine Bonate, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court dismissing her complaint to enroll a Nevada divorce decree. On appeal, plaintiff contests the correctness of this decision because she claims the Nevada decree is entitled to full faith and credit.

The record shows that on June 18, 1976, at 3:27 a.m., plaintiff, who had previously gone to Nevada, filed a divorce action there against her husband, defendant herein. On July 16, 1976, she obtained a default divorce decree which recited in relevant part that the court had heard evidence in support of the complaint and that…