Brady v. Brady

Calhoun, Peesidbnt,

dissenting:

Respectfully, I dissent from tlie decision in this case, not only because, in my judgment, it is contrary to la-w- and the weight of authority, hut also contrary to common sense, reason and justice.

Basically, perhaps, my dissent to the opinion, from a purely legal standpoint, is that it applies the doctrine of full faith and credit in reverse. At the time the Arkansas court acted in the ex parte divorce suit pending-in that court, having only in rem jurisdiction, there was in full force and effect in this state an in personam judgment rendered by a court of…