Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Achter v. Achter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 14, 1950No. Appeal, No. 229PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reno, J.,
This is an appeal by the husband from a refusal of the court below to vacate an order for the support of his wife. It involves the validity of a California divorce.
*605Under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Federal Constitution we are required to enforce a divorce decree of a sister state as prima facie valid, hut only Avhere the forum rendering the decree had jurisdiction. Com. ex rel. Esenwein v. Esenwein, 348 Pa. 455, 35 A. 2d 335, affirmed 325 U. S. 279, 65 S. Ct. 1118. Domicile in good faith in the state granting the divorce decree is an essential jurisdictional…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. EsenweinSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Dorrance's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Esenwein v. EsenweinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Ungemach v. UngemachCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hutchison v. HutchisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Davidsen v. DavidsenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Commonwealth ex rel. McVay v. McVaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Collins v. CollinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Commonwealth ex rel. Harmon v. HarmonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
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