VON SCHACK v. VON SCHACK


893 A.2d 1004 (2006)

2006 ME 30

Wesley W. VON SCHACK v. Mary Mulhearn VON SCHACK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Asen (orally), Mittel Asen, L.L.C., Portland, for plaintiff.

Elizabeth J. Scheffee (orally), Givertz, Hambley, Scheffee & Lavoie, P.A., Portland, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, LEVY, and SILVER, JJ.


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] Mary Mulhearn Von Schack appeals from a divorce judgment entered in the District Court (West Bath, Field, J.). She raises a single question: When considering a complaint for divorce in which only the plaintiff is a Maine resident, does the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, § 1, require a Maine court to have personal jurisdiction over the defendant in order to render a divorce judgment...

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