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Code of Alabama
Title 30 - MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONSChapter 2 - DIVORCE AND ALIMONY
Article 1 - DIVORCE FROM BONDS OF MATRIMONY
Section 30-2-5 - Residency requirement for plaintiff when defendant nonresident

Ala. Code § 30-2-5

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Section 30-2-5 - Residency requirement for plaintiff when defendant nonresident

When the defendant is a nonresident, the other party to the marriage must have been a bona fide resident of this state for six months next before the filing of the complaint, which must be alleged in the complaint and proved.

Ala. Code § 30-2-5 (1975)

Code 1852, §1969; Code 1867, §2359; Code 1876, §2693; Code 1886, §2330; Code 1896, §1494; Code 1907, §3802; Code 1923, §7416; Code 1940, T. 34, §29; Acts 1945, No. 457, p. 691; Acts 1971, No. 2280, p. 3687.