Court Opinion

ID: 9751304
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 16:20:25.629199+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:42.551262
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MANDERINO, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. Rule 41(a)(1) of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure allows a petitioner to voluntarily discontinue a case without prejudice, provided the case has not previously been discontinued. Since appellant filed on Febru*367ary 15, 1973, a praecipe for discontinuance of her petition to set aside the Ohio divorce decree, the Court of Common Pleas of Knox County had no jurisdiction over the case on February 16, 1973. Therefore, its dismissal of appellant’s petition for failure to prosecute was void.
I would, therefore, reverse the chancellor’s decree and remand for a hearing to determine the validity of the Ohio divorce decree.