Bass v. Bass

Quiulian, Justice.

Two enumerations of error present the contention that the evidence submitted upon the trial failed to establish the necessary jurisdictional facts and hence the decree and judgment entered in the case were void. The burden is upon the plaintiff in every divorce case to plead and prove jurisdiction of the suit. Stewart v. Stewart, 195 Ga. 460 (24 SE2d 672); Harmon v. Harmon, 209 Ga. 474 (1a) (74 SE2d 75). The Act of 1958 embodied in Code Ann. § 30-107 provides: “No court shall grant a divorce of any character to any person who has not been a bona fide resident of the State…