33 Pa. Super. 4 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1907
Opinion by
The libelant and respondent were married in 1889 in Colorado of which state they were then residents. Within one year thereafter they removed to Washington, D. C., where they lived for some months and then returned to Colorado, in which state they remained until 1893. The next change was to Pennsylvania in 1895 for a stay until some time after 1S96, when they moved to New Jersey, and then to Washington,
The libelant has been engaged in newspaper, political and philosophical work as writer and lecturer, and has evidently changed his residence a number of times in response to the variable demands of his professional labors. Assuming that he has brought himself within the strict letter of our law, in having been in our state for a period of one whole year previous to the filing of the petition for divorce, there is no suggestion even of any domiciliary intent or of his abandonment of a former domicile. It is not the policy of our laws to make this state a transitory resting place to secure the annulment of a contract of marriage. Our statutes and decisions require that it must affirmatively appear that there has been a clear intention to abandon a former residence, and to make this state a permanent one with domiciliary intent, coupled with an actual bona fide residence for one year within this commonwealth previous to the filing of the petition or libel. Each requirement is essentia], and all must combine to warrant our courts in making a decree in divorce: Reed v. Reed, 30 Pa. Superior Ct. 229. The testimony in this case fully justified the conclusion of the court on this phase of the case, so that it is not necessary to inquire into the causes alleged for the divorce.
The decree is affirmed.