Oettgen v. Oettgen

In.this action for separation brought by the wife on grounds of nonsupport and cruel and inhuman treatment, I find that the plaintiff has established her case by a fair preponderance of the credible evidence. Before, however, a judgment of separation may be awarded her, it is necessary to consider the defense that a decree of divorce granted by a German court in an action between the plaintiff and her former husband is invalid. The judgment is attacked on the ground that the parties were not domiciled in Germany at the time of the divorce action but were domiciled in this State.

The facts…