WAMSLEY v. WAMSLEY

No. 78, September Term, 1993.

333 Md. 454 (1994)

635 A.2d 1322

RICHARD CARROLL WAMSLEY, JR. v. JOHANNA BELINDA WAMSLEY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Scott Cohen, argued and on brief (W. Bryan Hall and the Law Offices of W. Bryan Hall, on brief), Cumberland, for appellant.

(No argument on behalf of appellee).

Argued before RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, ROBERT M. BELL, JJ., and MARVIN H. SMITH and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judges of the Court of Appeals Retired (Specially Assigned).


KARWACKI, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether Maryland courts possess subject matter jurisdiction over a divorce action filed by a member of the armed services who had established a domicile in Maryland prior to entering the service, but who has not lived in Maryland since. Under the factual circumstances of the instant case, we shall answer that question "yes."

I.

Richard Carroll Wamsley, Jr., was raised in Allegany County, Maryland...

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