Sanders v. Sanders

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant-defendant, John Robert Sanders, is an American citizen whose provenance is DeKalb County, Georgia. The appellee-plaintiff, Jillian Rosemary Sanders, is a British subject. They were married in New England in 1964. They then moved to Spain, where they had two children, who were born in 1966 and 1968.

The appellee filed suit for divorce against the appellant in England in July of 1977, jurisdiction being based on the appellee’s British citizenship. The appellant was served with a copy of these proceedings, but he did not enter an appearance. By interlocutory order,…