The foreign decree recognized the validity of the separate maintenance decree and, as far as this record reveals, the husband is abiding by the terms thereof." Kittel v. Kittel, 164 So.2d 833, text 835. On remand the trial court entered a final decree declaring the Mexican divorce void and retaining jurisdiction "on attorney's fees for the services of the wife's attorneys in this matter, if any."
The District Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court holding that plaintiff had sufficient allegations in her complaint to sustain a direct attack on an alleged void decree. Kittel v. Kittel, 164 So.2d 833 (Fla.App. 1964). Consequently, when this cause was remanded to the lower court, the sole question to be determined was: "Is the divorce decree obtained in Mexico void?"