Vix v. State of Wis. Ex Rel. Vix

OPINION

This is an appeal from an order of the district court ordering appellant James Vix to pay his former wife, Lonnie Vix, $175 a month in child support payments. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the district court was without jurisdiction to enter this order, and we therefore reverse the. district court’s order in this case.

James Vix and Lonnie Vix were divorced in Las Vegas in 1976, with the district court awarding custody of their only child, John Vix, to James. Lonnie subsequently brought a motion in the district court to modify the divorce decree, seeking, among other…