DEVOTO v. DEVOTO

No. 9556.

358 A.2d 312 (1976)

Shirley C. DEVOTO, Appellant, v. William DEVOTO, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon E. Shanoff, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Charles H. Mayer, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and MACK, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Family Division, in an action for separate maintenance which was brought by the appellant wife against her husband (appellee). The lower court granted appellee's motion to dismiss for want of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

Appellant filed her complaint on May 29, 1974, and at the same time she caused copies of the...

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