Angela Christine Wilson Missouri Cases

Husband appealed a default judgment dissolving his marriage and denying his motion to set it aside, arguing the court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. The appellate court affirmed the dissolution of the marriage and the restoration of Wife's maiden name, as these were in rem judgments. However, it reversed and remanded the portions of the judgment pertaining to maintenance, attorney's fees, and the division of marital property and debts, finding the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over Husband for these in personam judgments because there was no evidence the parties lived in lawful marriage in Missouri.