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“The law is well settled that jurisdiction in divorce proceedings is a continuing one with respect to all subsequent proceedings which arise out of the original cause of action.” Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 427-28 (2008) (quotation omitted).

Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 427-28 (2008) (explaining that “[t]he law is well settled that jurisdiction in divorce proceedings is a continuing one with respect to all subsequent proceedings which arise out of the original cause of action” and that “[a]fter granting a divorce, the court retains jurisdiction to revise and modify any order made by

Thus, in the absence of subject matter jurisdiction, a tribunal’s order is void and the appellate tribunal acquires no jurisdiction of the merits upon appeal.

However, “[t]he court’s authority in matters of marriage and divorce is strictly statutory.” Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 427 (2008) (quotation omitted).

A court lacks the authority to hear or determine a case concerning subject matters over which it has no jurisdiction.

“Because divorce is statutory, the court has only such power in that field as is granted by statute.” Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 427 (2008).

“The issue of subject matter jurisdiction may be raised at any time in the proceedings because it cannot be conferred where it does not already exist.” Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 428 (2008) (quotation omitted).

Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 428 (2008) (stating if trial 2 court lacked jurisdiction, its decision is void, and appellate tribunal acquires no jurisdiction of merits upon appeal).

“A court lacks power to hear or determine a case concerning *517 subject matters over which it has no jurisdiction.” Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 428 (2008) (quotation and brackets omitted).

“A court lacks power to hear or determine a case concerning subject matters over which it has no jurisdiction.” Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 428 (2008) (bracket and quotation omitted).

To the extent that the husband argues, in the alternative, that the trial court lacked the inherent authority that other courts possess to revise their own orders to prevent injustice because the court’s authority in a divorce action is “strictly statutory,” Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 427 (2008) (quotation omitted), he is mistaken.

Even if we were to assume that the RSA 547:ll-d appeal divested the probate court of continuing jurisdiction, and that all of its orders after the appeal was filed, including its orders vacating its January 17,2007 order but later terminating the life estate for failure to file a bond, are void, see Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 428 (2008) (judgments rendered by trial court lacking subject matter jurisdiction are void), we have affirmed the superior court’s dismissal of the RSA 547:ll-d appeal.

RSA 490-D:2, I,:5 (Supp. 2008); see Daine v. Daine, 157 N.H. 426, 427 (2008).