In re the Marriage of Watanabe

Husband appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment on the pleadings and its dismissal of his petition for dissolution on the ground that an earlier dissolution proceeding had resulted in a valid dissolution of the parties’ marriage. Wife cross-appeals the court’s supplemental judgment denying her request for attorney fees. We affirm and write only to address the validity of the earlier judgment of dissolution.

The facts are not in dispute. The parties were married in 1974. On April 3, 1987, wife petitioned for dissolution in circuit court. On November 16, 1988, she informed…