Legal Opinion

Lester v. Lester

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 15, 1994No. AV93000112Published

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARD L. HOLMES, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a divorce and child custody case.

This case has previously been before this court. See Lester v. Lester, 628 So.2d 663 (Ala.Civ.App.1993).

In the previous appeal Taraz Rae Lester (wife) was appealing the trial court’s denial of her Rule 60(b), A.R.Civ.P., motion. The grounds stated in her motion were that the 1989 judgment of divorce was void because the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction due to the fact that there had been no valid service of process on the wife. This court found that the service by publication was insufficient to invoke…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stewart v. RamsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. O'DONOHUE v. Citizens BankCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  3. Lester v. LesterCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1993

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