Wachsmuth v. Wachsmuth

GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

Respondent appeals two non-final orders of the circuit court denying his motions to dismiss or stay proceedings initiated by his wife. One order involves questions of jurisdiction and of forum non conveniens, the other, a question of comity.

The parties are nationals of and have been residents of Germany. They were married on December 17, 1977, in Germany, having previously entered a premarital agreement. The agreement was modified in Germany at the wife’s request in 1980. The parties’ two surviving children are also German nationals and residents of Germany.

The parties…