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HARGREAVES v. HARGREAVES

No. 35146.

55 Wn.2d 856 (1960)

350 P.2d 867

PATRICIA ANN HARGREAVES, Respondent, v. TERRENCE B. HARGREAVES, Respondent, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON by Charles O. Carroll, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

April 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Carroll, Eugene F. Hooper, Lynwood W. Fix, James S. Kempton, and Norman W. Quinn, for appellant.

Rummens, Griffin, Short & Cressman and Wright & Wright, for respondents.

HILL, J.

[1] QUAERE: May a nonresident plaintiff secure a divorce in the state of Washington, where the resident defendant appears and asks for a divorce on a cross-complaint?

ANSWER: No. Under our statute the courts of this state have no jurisdiction in a divorce action not commenced by a resident of the state. (An analysis of the statute and the cases appears in another portion of this opinion.)

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