Wife (J. F. v. v. Husband (O. W. v. Jr.)

McNEILLY, Justice:

Respondent wife appeals from the decision of the Family Court holding that petitioner husband had satisfied the statutory jurisdictional requirements of 13 Del.C. § 1504 for divorce. 1 It is respondent’s contention that the Trial Judge erred by basing the test of domicile on a “laundry list” approach rather than on a “deep roots” domiciliary approach required in this State by New York Trust Co. v. Riley, Del.Supr., 24 Del.Ch. 354, 16 A.2d 772 (1940) and its progeny. 2

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The petitioner moved to Delaware from Reading, Pennsylvania into an apartment in northern New Castle County…