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RSA 458:5 · Over Parties

Title
XLIII: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter
458 · ANNULMENT, DIVORCE AND SEPARATION
Status
current
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458:5 Over Parties. – Jurisdiction of the parties exists in the following cases only:

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Where both parties were domiciled in the state when the action was commenced.

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II.

Where the plaintiff was so domiciled and the defendant was personally served with process within the state.

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Where the plaintiff was domiciled in the state for one year next preceding the time when the action was commenced. Where the domiciled plaintiff has filed a petition, the non-domiciled defendant may have affirmative relief upon filing a cross petition. Source. 1883, 14:1. PS 175:3. PL 287:4. RL 339:4. 2004, 114:2, eff. May 17, 2004.

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Source. 1883, 14:1. PS 175:3. PL 287:4. RL 339:4. 2004, 114:2, eff. May 17, 2004.

Source history

  • 1883, 14:1. PS 175:3. PL 287:4. RL 339:4
  • 2004, 114:2, eff. May 17, 2004

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