Riethbrock v. Lange.

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, C.J.

Heinrich Alexander Riethbrock and Marion Barbara Lange were married in 1997. Riethbrock filed a Complaint for Divorce in 2004. The Family Court of the Second Circuit (family court) 1 granted the parties’ stipulated divorce decree on August 8, 2005, reserving jurisdiction over division of the parties’ assets and debts.

Riethbrock subsequently failed to appear at various hearings, failed to respond to Lange’s discovery requests, and requested numerous continuances. On Lange’s motion, the family court issued a series of orders that indicated its intent to…