Legal Opinion
Williams v. Williams
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 10, 1981No. 80-260, 80-411PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
The issue in this case is whether the superior court had in personam jurisdiction over the nonresident defendant who did not appear in an action for divorce and distribution of marital property. We hold that it did.
The plaintiff, William Williams, is a domiciliary of New Hampshire. The defendant, Anna Williams, is a domiciliary of New York. The parties were married on February 14, 1969, in Mineóla, New York. During the first two years of the marriage, the plaintiff, a Merchant Marines sea captain, spent eleven months each year at sea. In 1971, the parties built a house in New Castle, New…
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