Mayer v. Mayer

BECTON, Judge.

This case involves a challenge to a Dominican Republic (Dominican) divorce decree by Victor Mayer, who asserts that his wife’s divorce from her first husband, which he actively helped procure, was invalid, and who thereby seeks to avoid paying alimony to his wife. We hold (1) that, although the Dominican divorce decree is invalid, Victor Mayer, based on the facts of this case, is estopped from asserting its invalidity; and (2) that Victor Mayer is estopped from avoiding the consequences of his contract of marriage with Doris Mayer.

It may have been easier for us to have declared…