ZAHN, Justice.
This case concerns whether a magistrate court has authority to decide a tort claim by one spouse against another as an ancillary matter to a divorce proceeding. For the reasons stated below, we hold it does not.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Christine and Thomas married in 2005. They had no children during...
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