How do the family courts define what is a New Jersey resident?
The residency requirements in a divorce are that one of the parties must be a bona fide resident for one year immediately before the filing for the divorce complaint. If an alien has resided in New Jersey for 12 months then the majority of family courts will grant him or her jurisdiction to file for divorce here. 3. What is the leading case on matrimonial jurisdiction for Aliens? Several New Jersey cases have considered whether the non immigrant alien status of a person prevents him or her from obtaining a New Jersey divorce. In the leading case of Gosschalk v. Gosschalk, 48 N.J. Super. 566 (aff’d, 28 N.J. 73 (1958), the court held that on the basis of substantial evidence, that a Dutch national who resided in New jersey on a visitor’s visa had, in fact satisfied the jurisdiction requirements of N.J.S.A. 2A:34-1. Here, the parties were Dutch Nationals, and they were married for five years. They visited the United States on several occasions as temporary visitors. They maintained their
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