Legal Opinion
Watkins v. Watkins
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 10, 2003No. 37,906-CAPublished
1Opinion of the Court
I,GASKINS, J.
John Williams Watkins appeals the trial court judgment granting Nancy Rose Watkins’ exception of lack of personal jurisdiction and dismissing his suit for divorce under La. C.C. art. 103. For the reasons set forth below, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the matter is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings.
FACTS
Mr. and Mrs. Watkins were married in February 1988 in Mississippi and established their matrimonial domicile in Mississippi. One child, Victoria, was born of the marriage on May 9,1989.
The parties physically separated in 2002; however, there are…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
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