Coulter v. Coulter

The defendant, Steven D. Coulter, appeals from a judgment denying his motion to dismiss a libel for the divorce of the defendant and the plaintiff, Debra L. Coulter, and from a decree of divorce nunc pro tunc by the Superior Court (Hollman, J.). The motion for a decree and judgment of divorce was brought by William D. Kelley, Sr., the father of the plaintiff, following her death. The issue before this court is whether it was proper for the *99superior court to grant a divorce nunc pro tunc when one of the parties to the marriage had died before there had been a hearing on the merits on the libel…