Carchrae v. Carchrae

The issues of this dissolution action are whether the trial court erred in failing to dismiss the cause of action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and in subsequently allowing an oral amendment on the day of trial to allege that the plaintiff had been residing in this state for one year since the date of the filing of her complaint. The defendant’s argument is that even though the plaintiff had established and maintained residency in this state, her action should have been dismissed prior to the elapse of one year because the jurisdictional allegations of her original complaint as…