Poulicakos v. Poulicakos

On the pleadings as they now stand, the ruling of the Presiding Justice is technically correct, for the libelant alleges the requisite period of residence in New Hampshire (R. L., c. 339, s. 6, cl. IX), and where the cause of divorce “consists of a course of conduct continued during a prescribed period of time, as in the case of desertion, or abandonment, it is not material to the jurisdiction, when or where they commence to exist.” Payson v. Payson, 34 N. H. 518, 521.

However, the validity of the Massachusetts decree does not appear to be questioned, nor is there any suggestion that…