Slapp v. Slapp

The first question to be determined is whether, when an action is filed for alimony alone and there is a compliance with Section 119S1, General Code, as to security for costs, and the plaintiff thereafter files an amended petition for divorce and alimony but makes no further deposit for costs, the court has jurisdiction to consider the amended petition.

Section 11981, General Code, provides that “no clerk of a Court of Common Pleas shall receive or file a petition for divorce or alimony until the party named as plaintiff therein * * * makes prepayment or deposit with the clerk of such an…