Cooke v. Cooke

Sears, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Hugh Cooke appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his complaint for divorce due to jurisdictional infirmities. Having reviewed the record, we conclude the trial court erred in determining that the appellee, Miranda Cooke, is not subject to long-arm jurisdiction in Georgia and that Fulton County is not the proper venue for this case. To the extent the trial court found that Hugh Cooke failed to establish he is a domiciliary of Georgia, that conclusion, too, is erroneous. Therefore, we reverse.

Hugh Cooke is an Irish citizen and Miranda Cooke is a citizen of…