Alabama § 30-2-5 Residency Requirement for Plaintiff When Defendant Nonresident

Alabama Statutes

§ 30-2-5 — Residency Requirement for Plaintiff When Defendant Nonresident

Alabama § 30-2-5

Title 30Marital and Domestic Relations

Ch. 2Divorce and Alimony

Art. 1Divorce from Bonds of Matrimony

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 30-2-5 (2026).

Text

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.

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Legislative History

(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.)