
709 So.2d 1301 (1998)
Katherine Johnson FOSTER
v.
Reginald Frazier FOSTER.
2961300.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.
February 20, 1998.
Kenneth J. Lay of Legal Services of Metro Birmingham, Birmingham, for appellant.
No brief filed for appellee.
THOMPSON, Judge.
Katherine Johnson Foster and Reginald Frazier Foster were married on March 15, 1986, in Tacoma, Washington. The wife filed a complaint for divorce in the Jefferson County, Alabama, Circuit Court on October 21, 1996. The parties were divorced by that court on March 17, 1997, following an ore tenus proceeding. The wife was granted the care, custody, and control of the minor children, under authority of the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. The trial court's order did not address certain other issues raised in the wife's complaint.
In her complaint for divorce, thewife had also requested child support, medical insurance for the children, a life insurance policy on the husband for at least $10,000 per minor child, alimony, an award of the household goods and furnishings, a division of the personal property, an order requiring the husband to pay any joint debts, and an order requiring the husband to pay court costs. The husband was properly served with the wife's complaint by certified mail in Tacoma, Washington, on November 18, 1996, and he answered the complaint on December 6, 1996. In his answer, the husband acknowledged the marriage but made a general denial of all the other allegations contained in the wife's complaint.
*1302 The husband was not present for the divorce hearing. During the hearing, the trial court discussed with