CHENIER v. CHENIER

No. 89-CA-1181.

573 So.2d 699 (1990)

Lawrence Francis CHENIER, III v. Sharon Denise Whitfield CHENIER.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Mack Varner, Varner Parker Sessums & Lancaster, Vicksburg, for appellant.

Eugene A. Perrier, Vicksburg, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This appeal is about personal jurisdiction and amenability thereto and presents a variation on two familiar themes, viz., first, that a spouse may not abandon his or her Mississippi spouse and family, move to another state, and thereby avoid suit here, and, second, that a non-resident who claims immunity from process while attending a judicial proceeding in this state may prevail only where he otherwise...

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