Legal Opinion
Gherardi De Parata v. Gherardi De Parata
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 13, 1962No. 2916PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Judge.
We are asked to rule on the validity of a divorce decree obtained in Alabama by a resident of the District of Columbia. The action was brought below by a wife in the form of a bill to affirm marriage (Code 1961, § 16-422) and to nullify an allegedly fraudulent divorce obtained by the husband in Alabama. She alleged that she had never been in Alabama and that the husband had never resided there. Husband in his answer alleged that the wife had voluntarily appeared and answered divorce proceedings brought by him “as a bona fide resident of the State of Alabama for the time required…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Cook v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Leatherbury v. LeatherburyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- Pelle v. PelleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
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- Gherardi de Parata v. Gherardi de ParataDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963