Sadler v. Sadler

The parties to this action are now living separate and apart. Each charges the other with abandonment. After the separation, defendant returned to the State of Georgia where she has since maintained her residence. Under these circumstances the plaintiff may not now assert the fictional unity of man and wife for the purpose of maintaining that his domicile is the domicile of his wife and children. Coble v. Coble, 229 N.C. 81, 47 S.E. 2d 798.

Plaintiff is a nonresident of the State of Georgia. Even so, he invoked the jurisdiction of a court of that State. He sought relief in that forum. He was…