Vazifdar v. Vazifdar

In this divorce case the defendant, Jehangir Vazifdar, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Manias, J.) denying his motion to dismiss. The issue presented is whether the superior court abused its discretion in exercising jurisdiction over the parties’ marital status rather than deferring that issue to the Parsi Matrimonial Court of India. The defendant contends that Parsi law, under which the parties were married, dictates that the Parsi Matrimonial Court is the only appropriate forum for determining the issue of marital status and that while New Hampshire has a valid jurisdiction, it…