Franklin v. Franklin

Plaintiff-appellant, Arthur Franklin, is appealing the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, which sustained defendant-appellee’s motion to dismiss this case for lack of jurisdiction to hear plaintiff’s complaint for divorce. The court found that plaintiff was not a bona fide resident of the state of Ohio.

On May 2, 1979, plaintiff filed his complaint for divorce in which he alleged that he had become a resident of the state of Ohio and Mahoning County for more than ninety days immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. On September 27, 1979, defendant,…