Villarroel v. Villarroel

HOLLAND, Justice:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Family Court dismissing the request of the petitioner-appellant, Amanda S. Villarroel (“Wife”) to equitably divide the parties’ marital property. Wife and respondent-ap-pellee, Miguel V. Villarroel (“Husband”) were divorced pursuant to a decree that was entered in the State of California. The Family Court held that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction to divide marital property in a proceeding that would be ancillary to a foreign divorce decree. We find that the Family Court’s decision was correct,

Facts

The parties were married…