Dispanet v. Dispanet

By judge John J. McGrath, Jr.

This matter has come before the Court on Respondent’s Motion, under § 8.01-428 of the Code of Virginia, to Set Aside a final Decree of Divorce entered on March 28,2000, alleging that the final decree was void for lack of jurisdiction because proper service was never obtained on the Respondent.

The facts are essentially undisputed. On January 7,2000, Complainant, Ronald Ward Dispanet, filed in this Court a Bill of Complaint for Divorce, naming Nettie J. Dispanet as the Respondent. In that Bill of Complaint, the Complainant, Ronald Ward Dispanet, represented that the…