Denise K. Lynch v. Daniel G. Lynch

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2017 ME 38

Docket: Sag-16-100 Argued: October 25, 2016 Decided: March 7, 2017 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HJELM, and HUMPHREY, JJ. DENISE K. LYNCH v. DANIEL G. LYNCH JABAR, J. [¶1] Denise K. Lynch appeals from a judgment (West Bath, Dobson, J.) dismissing her divorce complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because a Swedish judgment divorcing the parties precluded litigation of the action in Maine. Because a review of the Swedish judgment, which is being appealed in Sweden, is premature, we…