Yanolis v. Yanolis

Doris Yanolis died before Charles Yanolis’s appeal from judgments of divorce nisi was heard but after the date on which the judgments were to become absolute, unless the running of the nisi period was stayed by Charles’s appeal. Charles’s appeal raised no objection to the dissolution of the marriage, but challenged the alimony, child support, and property division portions of the judgments. He argues nevertheless that the filing of his appeal prevented the entry of judgments of divorce absolute and, because Doris died on November 12, 1986, before any judgment absolute was entered, the divorce…