Key legal question
Whether the failure to serve the wife’s written submissions violated the husband’s right to be heard.
Extracted holding
Yes. The March 5, 2003 submission contained decisive new arguments and should have been communicated for comment.
Extracted reasoning
The appellate court relied on the same valuation of the husband’s income as the wife had advanced; the omitted submission was therefore materially relevant, and the defect was not cured by the husband’s later awareness.