Leader v. Leader

Defendant appeals from an order of the trial court denying his motion to dismiss. Plaintiff had filed a complaint for divorce in February of 1976. Defendant then filed his motion to dismiss approximately one month later, maintaining that plaintiff failed to meet the 180-day jurisdictional residency requirement of MCLA 552.9; MSA 25.89. This Court initially denied defendant leave to appeal, but, following defendant’s application for rehearing, this Court did grant defendant leave to appeal.

The only question we must decide is whether the trial court was correct in determining that plaintiff had…