1.27.290 Subsequent Petition Filed Within One Year

Once a petition by either or both of the spouses has been filed pursuant to this chapter, the filing of any subsequent petition under such section within one year thereafter by either or both of the spouses shall not stay any action for dissolution of marriage or legal separation then pending, nor prohibit the filing of such action by either party. The filing of a subsequent petition by either or both of the spouses more than one year after the filing of any previous petition with such effect shall have the same effect toward staying any domestic relations action then pending and toward prohibiting the filing of any such action as provided in this chapter.