Allan v. Allan

The vital question is whether the trial court erred in concluding, upon the facts found, that the plaintiff had not “continuously resided” in this state for three years next before the date of her divorce complaint, as required by General Statutes, § 5181.

The parties were married in another state on November 10, 1938, and shortly thereafter removed to Guilford, Connecticut, established a home and resided there continuously for a period of nearly five years. During the latter period the defendant was guilty of intolerable cruelty, and on October 4, 1943, because of his cruel treatment, the…