Livingston v. Livingston

OPINION

•RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The controlling question presented by this appeal concerns the propriety of the superior court’s vacating a previously entered default divorce decree. Factually, the case is unusual and therefore warrants detailed reference at this point.

In May 1973, appellant Candace Livingston filed a complaint for divorce in the Superior Court of the State of Alaska. The complaint asserted, in part, that one child, Carrie Ann Livingston, was born of the marriage. It was further alleged that Candace was a fit and proper person to have custody of the minor child, and that…