Legal Opinion
In re the Marriage of Kachaturian
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided August 4, 1982No. 120,734, CA A21846PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Hoomissen, J.
Wife appeals from an order denying her motion to set aside a dissolution decree taken by default. Former ORS 18.160.1 The issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion. We conclude that it did. We therefore reverse and remand with instructions to set aside the decree.
The parties were married in 1969. Early in 1980, wife was hospitalized for a period of about two months for psychiatric problems. In July, 1980, husband filed a petition to dissolve the marriage. Wife retained an attorney in August, 1980. For the next several weeks, the attorneys tried…
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