WALTER S.J. v. M. LORRAINE J.


457 A.2d 319 (1983)

WALTER S.J., Respondent Below, Appellant, v. M. LORRAINE J., Petitioner Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred J. Smith, Jr. (argued) and John F. Gangi, Wilmington, for respondent below, appellant.

Edward A. Tos (argued), Wilmington, for petitioner below, appellee.

Before QUILLEN, HORSEY and MOORE, JJ.


HORSEY, Justice:

This domestic relations appeal relates to ancillary matters following divorce of the parties and raises issues of a jurisdictional as well as a substantive nature. The controlling statute law is that which was in effect in January, 1979, when appellee wife petitioned for divorce.

The jurisdictional-threshold issue is whether Family Court improvidently retained jurisdiction over ancillary matters raised...

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