Bethard v. Bethard

Citations

• 28 Del. 56
• 5 Boyce 56
• 90 A. 406
• 1914 Del. LEXIS 9

Syllabus

<p>Divorce—Grounds—J urisdiction.</p> <p>Under 24 Del. Laws, c. 221, §§ 8, 9, providing that, in divorce, jurisdiction may be acquired by personal service on defendant within the state, when at the time the cause of action arose either party was a bona fide resident and continued so to be to the commencement of the action, but that no action for divorce shall be commenced for any cause other than adultery or bigamy unless one of the parties has been for two_ years next preceding the action a bona fide resident, the court acquires jurisdiction of a suit for divorce for adultery committed within the state, where defendant is personally served, and where either of the parties was a bona fide resident at the time of the offense, and continued to reside in the state to the time of the bringing of the action, but such residence need not continue for two years.</p>