PORTER v. PORTER

No. 6455.

112 N.H. 403 (1972)

JEAN PORTER v. DAVID EDWARD PORTER.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New Hampshire Legal Assistance (Mr. Richard N. Ross orally) for the plaintiff.


GRIMES, J.

The issue here is the constitutionality of that part of RSA 458:5 which requires as a condition of jurisdiction that the plaintiff in a divorce action be domiciled within the State for one year if the defendant is neither domiciled here nor served with process within the State.

Plaintiff filed a libel for divorce, sworn to on May 9, 1972, in which she alleged that she had resided within the State since October 31, 1971. She further alleged that...

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