Hanson v. Hanson

One essential requirement to a decree for a divorce is that it must appear that the libelant was a resident of, or had his legal domicile in, this state, when the libel was filed. Shatney v. Shatney, 76 N. H. 391; Burgess v. Burgess, 71 N. H. 293. Whatever distinction there may be between the words “residence” and “domicile” when strictly defined, it is clear that the legislature in conferring jurisdiction upon the court in divorce cases (P. S., c. 175, ss. 3, 4) used the words as substantially convertible terms. The plaintiff must be “domiciled within this state”; that is, he must prove the…