Willey v. Willey
Annotate this CaseHusband filed a divorce action in Maine. At the time, there was an action for child custody and child and spousal support pending in the Virginia courts that was filed by Wife. Wife moved to dismiss Husband’s action. The Maine district court stayed the divorce proceedings and left to be determined whether the action would be dismissed because a party filed a divorce action in Virginia or whether the action would remain pending because neither party filed in Virginia or the Virginia court declined jurisdiction. The Supreme Judicial Court dismissed Father’s appeal, concluding that this appeal was interlocutory and not subject to any exception to the final judgment rule.
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