Carabetta v. Carabetta

This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action for the dissolution of the marriage between the plaintiff, Evelyn B. Carabetta, and the defendant, Joseph F. Carabetta. The trial court, Reynolds, J., determined that the parties had never been legally married and thereupon granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter. From the judgment rendered against her, the plaintiff has appealed.

Neither the plaintiff nor the defendant presently disputes the facts found in the trial court’s memorandum of decision, which establish the following. The plaintiff…