Mahoney v. Mahoney

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

The former husband sought a declaratory judgment in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama, concerning the effect of a Minnesota divorce decree on an Alabama decree of divorce a mensa et tho-ro. The former wife then filed a counterclaim in the Circuit Court of Madison County, requesting that the court award her alimony.

The husband filed motions for summary judgments on both the declaratory judgment issue and the wife’s counterclaim, both of which were granted by the circuit court. The circuit court found that, in view of the valid Minnesota divorce decree, the…