Yocum v. Yocum

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant-appellee in an action seeking a declaration that a decree of divorce previously rendered in the same court is null and void. The plaintiff-appellant was the defendant in the divorce action. Prior to the filing of the divorce case, she executed a property settlement agreement in her husband’s attorney’s office and went to the Sheriff’s office where she was served with the summons; but she did not appear in person or by attorney at any time in the divorce action. In pertinent part the entry containing the divorce decree reads:

“Comes now the…