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Jurisdiction To Divorce, James L. Parks

University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series

It is generally conceded by American authority that a divorce granted by a court, when neither party to the marriage is domiciled within its jurisdiction, is invalid, and this is the rule even though the defendant submits himself to the court's action. This proposition is said necessarily to result "from the right of every nation or state to determine the status of its own domiciled citizens or subjects, without interference by [other] tribunals in a matter in which they have no concern." So long as the parties have a common domicile, the matter of jurisdiction to divorce is one of …