Legal Opinion
Kelley v. Kelley
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided August 8, 1946No. 189PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Speakman, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
Our Divorce Act provides by Section 3498 of the Revised Code of 1935:
“The causes for divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be * * * (e) wilful desertion for two years.”
Said Section 3505 of the said Revised Code provides:
“For purposes of divorce * * * jurisdiction may be acquired by personal service upon the defendant within this State, under the following conditions:
“(a) When, at the time the cause of action arose, either party was a bona fide resident of this State, and has continued so to be down to the time of the commencement of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Yoder v. Nu-Enamel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Ingersoll v. IngersollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
- Howe v. HoweSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Dayton & Michigan R. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Layne-Western Co. v. Buchanan CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Livani v. LivaniSuperior Court of Delaware · 1958
- D. S. v. J. S.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1968
- Ormand ex rel. Reed v. BrehmNevada Supreme Court · 1966
- Rice v. RiceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1951
- Ds v. JsSupreme Court of Delaware · 1968