Blanton v. Blanton’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"The husband serves as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. His domicile is in Florida. The parties were married in 1971. In 1979, in the course of the husband's military service, the parties moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. "In March 1982, the parties separated and the wife filed for divorce in Louisiana. *Page 164 In April 1982, a consent judgment was entered in Louisiana by the agreement of both parties where, although not granting a divorce, custody of the two minor children was awarded to the wife along with child support, `temporary alimony,' and the marital home in New Orleans. "In December 1982, the wife and the children moved to Mobile County, Alabama. On July 15, 1983, some fifteen months after the consent judgment, the husband filed an answer and counterclaim to the Louisiana complaint. "In Mobile on July 25, 1983, the wife filed for divorce in the circuit court. Apparently, sometime between the wife's move to Alabama and the sudden flurry of legal action in the summer of 1983, the husband left Louisiana and moved to Texas where he now resides. "On August 4, 1983, while in Mobile exercising his visitation rights pursuant to the Louisiana decree, the husband was served with the wife's Alabama complaint. On the summons there was typed in bold letters, "NOTICE: YOUR CASE IS SET FOR A TRIAL ON THE MERITS for September 9, 1983, at 9:00 A.M., in the DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION COURTROOM. . . ." "On September 6, 1983, the husband filed a motion to dismiss supported with argu”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 463 So. 2d 162 - Ex Parte Blanton