Marriage of Lewis v. Lewis

CRANDALL, Judge.

Husband, Brian W. Lewis, appeals from the decree of dissolution of his marriage to wife, Karla E. Lewis.1 We vacate the judgment and remand with directions to dismiss the petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Although husband raises several points in his appeal, the threshold issue is contained in his first point which challenges the subject matter jurisdiction of the trial court. Because of our focus on the jurisdiction of the court, we forego a detailed recitation of the facts and set forth only those facts relevant to the jurisdictional issue.

Husband and wife…