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Whitehead v. Whitehead

Citations

  • 492 P.2d 939
  • 53 Haw. 302
  • 1972 Haw. LEXIS 115

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the \jurisdictional\ nature of the domicile requirement in HRS § 580-1 did not mean that the court \was without authority to hear the case in the absence of the required proof of domicile\ but that the domicile provision \sets forth a substantive requirement for divorce\
  • “A person establishes his domicile in a state by being physically present there with the intention of remaining indefinitely.”
  • intent to remain shown by intent to remain in current residence indefinitely

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Judges: Richardson, Marumoto, Abe, Levinson, Lum, Place, Kobayashi

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