Lohman v. Lohman

KARWACKI, Judge.

We issued a writ of certiorari to determine whether a circuit court has jurisdiction to adjudicate issues involving marital property and alimony sought by a nonresident spouse more than 90 days after granting the other spouse, a Maryland resident, an absolute divorce based upon service of process by publication.

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Petitioner, Alfred Millman Lohman, Jr., and respondent, Melva Lee Lohman, were married May 7, 1954, in Washing ton, D.C. Three children were born of the marriage, and at the time of the proceedings below, each was a fully emancipated adult. In April 1987, the parties…