Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Barnes
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Columbia County
Decided August 4, 1961No. 229Published
1Opinion of the Court
Kreisher, P. J.,
This matter comes before the court on plaintiff’s exceptions to the report of the master recommending plaintiff be denied a divorce on the grounds of indignities to person because she failed to show compliance with section 16 of the Act of May 2, 1929, P. L. 1237, as amended, 23 PS §16 which provides, inter alia:
“No spouse shall be entitled to commence proceedings for divorce by virtue of this act who shall not have been a bona fide resident in this Commonwealth at least one whole year immediately previous to the filing of his or her petition ...”
From the testimony taken…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cronise v. CroniseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Lannamann v. LannamannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952