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HATTON v. HATTON

No. 2750.

171 A.2d 256 (1961)

Margaret R. HATTON, Appellant, v. Leonard D. HATTON, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 2, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Sloan, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Bernard W. Kemp, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

Prior to 1956 jurisdiction in divorce and other domestic relations litigation was in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. That year Congress vested such jurisdiction in a new tribunal known as the Domestic Relations Branch of the Municipal Court. Code 1951, § 11-758 et seq. (Supp. VIII). The question before us is whether a litigant who, prior to the transfer of jurisdiction...

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