Murphy v. Murphy

This is an action for dissolution of marriage. The defendant, the plaintiff’s third husband, has filed a plea in abatement on the grounds that the plaintiff’s divorce from her second husband was void as it was rendered in Haiti at a time when both parties to that decree were residents of, and domiciled in, Connecticut. Therefore, the defendant argues that the Haitian court had no jurisdiction. The plaintiff has filed a demurrer to the plea in abatement in which she raises several issues which will be discussed individually.

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The first ground of demurrer is that the plea in abatement fails to…