Corte v. Corte

YATES, Judge.

The parties were divorced in 1980. In 1987, the wife petitioned for a rule nisi, claiming that the husband was in arrears in child support and alimony payments. The case remained inactive for 180 days and was dismissed by the trial court. The case was reinstated in October 1991 and placed on the administrative docket, where it remained until November 1992, when, on the wife’s motion, it was transferred to the trial docket. After various pretrial proceedings, the case was finally set for a hearing on April 6, 1994. Neither the wife nor her attorney was present at the hearing. The…