Coltun v. Coltun

Full title: HERBERT COLTUN, APPELLANT, v. SHIRLEY COLTUN, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Sep 22, 1964

167 So. 2d 336 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1964)

Opinion

No. 63-889.

September 22, 1964.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Hal P. Dekle, J.

Tobias Simon, Miami, for appellant.

Sidney L. Syna, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and CARROLL and HORTON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

By this appeal, the appellant [second husband of the appellee] attempts to attack a prior divorce decree between the appellee and another, which is not void on its face.¹ The chancellor in the trial court dismissed the complaint, and we affirm. A second husband has no standing to contest his wife's previous decree of divorce. See: Hicks v. Hicks, 186 Ga. 362, 197 S.E. 878; Martocello v. Martocello, 197 Ga. 629, 30 S.E.2d 108; Kirby v. Kent, 172 Miss. 457, 160 So. 569, 99 A.L.R. 1303; Ruger v. Heckel (1881), 85 N.Y. 483; Suiter v. Suiter, 74 Ohio App. 44, 57 N.E.2d 616.

1 de Marigny v. de Marigny, Fla. 1949, 43 So.2d 442; Untermann v. Untermann, 35 N.J. Super. 367, 114 A.2d 311.

Affirmed.