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Divorce - Domicil - Recognition Of Foreign Decrees, Florence K. Frankel
Divorce - Domicil - Recognition Of Foreign Decrees, Florence K. Frankel
Michigan Law Review
The New York Court of Appeals has re-emphasized some well-established principles of divorce jurisdiction in the recent case of Fischer v. Fischer. In a suit involving the validity of a second marriage, W proved a Nevada divorce from her first husband, a citizen of New York, who had been served in New York but had not appeared to defend the litigation. The court denied recognition to the Nevada decree because W's residence in Nevada, while it conformed with the statutory requirements of that forum, was proved to have been acquired solely for the purpose of securing a divorce. The …