Svensen v. Svensen

629 S.W.2d 97 (1981)

Niels-Alf SVENSEN, Appellant,

v.

Joyce Abb SVENSEN, Appellee.

No. 20753.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

December 14, 1981.

John Gillis, Dallas, for appellant.

John J. Diggins, Dallas, for appellee.

Before GUITTARD, C. J., and STOREY and VANCE, JJ.

STOREY, Justice.

This appeal is from a trial court's order dismissing an action for divorce on the ground that the petitioner had not, at the time of filing suit or at the time of hearing of respondent's plea in abatement, satisfied the residency requirements of Tex.Fam. Code Ann. § 3.21 (Vernon 1975). We reverse and remand.

The parties…