Meeker v. MEEKER

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Goldmann, J.

(temporarily assigned). This appeal challenges the rule laid down in Floyd v. Floyd, 95 N. J. Eq. 661 (E. & A. 1924), and Morrissey v. Morrissey, N. J. 448 (1949), that our courts will not entertain a direct attack on the validity of a foreign divorce decree when, at the time the decree was rendered, neither spouse was a resident of this State.

Plaintiff, a bona fide resident of New Jersey, brought a declaratory judgment action in the Chancery Division seeking to have her marital status clarified and her husband’s ex parte Mexican divorce…