IN RE MARRIAGE OF MARCONI

No. 97-2131.

584 N.W.2d 331 (1998)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Tony MARCONI and Vilma Marconi. Upon the Petition of Tony Marconi, Appellee, And Concerning Vilma Marconi, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary K. Gourley of Legal Services Corporation of Iowa, Ottumwa, for appellant.

Martha L. Mertz of Mick, Mertz & McAllister, Knoxville, and Michael B. Brice, Oskaloosa, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court's refusal to vacate a default dissolution-of-marriage decree. Jurisdiction over the respondent-wife was obtained by published notice, necessitated because she had fled the state with the parties' child as a result of domestic abuse. So the dilemma facing the district court was plain. The respondent's flight and deliberate disappearance necessitated notice to her...

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