Walter S.J. v. M. Lorraine J.

HORSEY, Justice:

This domestic relations appeal relates to ancillary matters following divorce of the parties and raises issues of a jurisdictional as well as a substantive nature. The controlling statute law is that which was in effect in January, 1979, when appellee wife petitioned for divorce.

The jurisdictional-threshold issue is whether Family Court improvidently retained jurisdiction over ancillary matters raised exclusively by petitioner-wife. Respondent-husband seeks reversal on two related grounds: (1) petitioner’s failure to comply with §§ 1512(a) and 1518(c) of Title 13 as then…