Legal Opinion
Sosna v. Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 1975No. 73-762PublishedCited by 1,945 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Appellant Carol Sosna married Michael Sosna on September 5, 1964, in Michigan. They lived together in New York between October 1967 and August 1971, after which date they separated but continued to live in New York. In August 1972, appellant moved to Iowa with her three children, and the following month she petitioned the District Court of Jackson County, Iowa, for a dissolution of her marriage. Michael Sosna, who had been personally served with notice of the action when he came to Iowa to visit his children, made a special appearance to contest the jurisdiction of the Iowa court. The Iowa…
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