Jackson v. Sey
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A court granted a default divorce to Amie Sey after her husband Willie Jackson, who was incarcerated at the time, failed to appear telephonically at a hearing. Jackson filed a motion for relief from judgment under Alaska Civil Rule 60(b), arguing that Sey had made misrepresentations and withheld information about marital property. The court allowed Jackson to conduct discovery in support of the motion, but it later dismissed the motion for lack of prosecution. The court also determined that the time to appeal or to request Rule 60(b) relief was long past. Jackson appealed, making several challenges to the underlying divorce decree. Upon review of the facts of this case, the Supreme Court reversed the dismissal of Jackson’s Rule 60(b) motion and remanded the case for consideration of its merits.
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