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Conflict Of Laws-Domicile Of Child Living With Mother, Charles E. Becraft S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws-Domicile Of Child Living With Mother, Charles E. Becraft S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff and defendant, husband and wife, were domiciled in New York. Because of temporary unemployment, plaintiff took his wife and minor child to Connecticut. He later returned to New York and resided in the apartment the family had formerly occupied. The wife and child did not return to New York, and the court found that she had at all times intended to remain in Connecticut and establish a domicile there. Plaintiff at all times intended to make New York his permanent residence. When defendant would not return to New York, plaintiff brought action for separation in a New York court, …
Any More Light On Haddock V. Haddock? The Problem Of Domicil In Divorce, Harold Wright Holt
Any More Light On Haddock V. Haddock? The Problem Of Domicil In Divorce, Harold Wright Holt
Michigan Law Review
AT first glance it seems a work of foolhardiness or of supererogation to embark upon a rediscussion of any problems arising from Haddock v. Haddock. True, the decision of the majority of the Supreme Court in that case has not won wholehearted support from the bench or legal profession. True it is, also, that collusive divorces still flourish. These considerations alone might, perhaps, lead the reader to concede that it would not be unfruitful to speculate upon an eventual modification of some of the principles which the Court in that case approved. If, however, further justification is demanded of …
Attack On Decrees Of Divorce, Albert C. Jacobs
Attack On Decrees Of Divorce, Albert C. Jacobs
Michigan Law Review
This paper deals with attacks on decrees of divorce. The attack may arise in the state of the divorce or elsewhere. F-1 is used to designate the state in which the divorce was granted; F-2 a state other than that in which the decree in' question was rendered. The attack in F-1 may be on purely local or non-jurisdictional grounds, such as fraud, collusion, duress or perjury, or upon the ground that the proper jurisdictional requirements were lacking. The attack in F-2 will generally be on jurisdictional grounds, though in certain situations a decree has been impeached for non-jurisdictional factors. …