No. 20-1473

Alan W. Crittenden v. Mariko C. Crittenden

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2021-04-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process equal-protection military-powers military-service sofa status-of-forces-agreement subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaty-powers
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

For purposes of the disposition of Petitioner's constitutional rights (including those with respect to custody of and visitation with his minor children), did the State of Georgia deny Petitioner equal protection and/or due process of law by dismissing his complaint for divorce for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, where there was no other forum in which Petitioner could seek a divorce?

Does Congress' Military and Treaty Powers under the Supremacy Clause, both of which authorize the applicable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the nation of Japan and the United States govern and control, and therefore supersede, the decision of the state of Georgia to deprive Petitioner of a forum to adjudicate his constitutional rights and those of his minor children?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the State of Georgia deny Petitioner equal-protection, due-process by dismissing his divorce complaint for lack of subject-matter-jurisdiction, where there was no other forum?

Docket Entries

2021-09-10
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-08-19
DISTRIBUTED.
2021-07-23
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Alan Crittenden
Carson J. TuckerLex Fori PLLC, Petitioner