Legal Opinion
Dorati v. Dorati
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1975No. 8324PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Appellant, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Rome, Italy, brought suit in the Superior Court against appellee, her former husband, who is also a citizen of the United States but is now a resident of Switzerland, 1 to enforce a support agreement executed between the parties in Los Angeles, California in 1969. 2 Upon motion of appellee the trial court dismissed the action on the ground of forum non conveniens. 3 From that action the instant appeal was taken.
The facts relevant to a determination of the issue of forum non conveniens were, with one major…
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