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Term Definition
Entire Controversy Doctrine
- a legal theory that, in some states, requires a litigant to bring all his or her claims from the same series events or with the same parties in one action.
Application in Divorce
This doctrine favors judicial economy and allows for a finality of
judgment
, and it works under the penalty of forfeiture.
It prohibits attempts to relitigate a case piecemeal and discourages frivolous
party
.
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