Martin v. Martin

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a divorce case.

On March 21, 1986, the husband filed his complaint for a divorce in the Circuit Court of Clarke County, Alabama. Service of a copy of the summons and complaint was had upon the wife in Metairie, Louisiana, by certified mail on March 28, 1986.

The wife filed a motion to dismiss, wherein she alleged that she is not and has never been a resident of the State of Alabama; that this matter is res judicata because of a civil action in Louisiana, wherein service was had upon the husband on February 1, 1986; that the husband did not defend…