Case ID: ohio-ch_1/html/0135-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Bx the Court.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

ANNE McINTYRE v. ORINDA McINTYRE.
    Divorce — two years residence — non resident.
    A petitioner for a divorce must reside in the state where the petition is filed,and have so resided for two years before.
    Diyorce. The petition was filed in August, 1830 — the cause, wilful- absence.
    Hubbard,
    offered evidence, that the petitioner was a boatman in 1828, and was principally upon the river. When up, he was occasionally at Bridgeport, in this county, at boarding. He removed into Virginia, but came over a short time on account of some difficulty; but his place of residence in 1830, when the petition was filed, was in Vix'ginia.
   Bx the Court.

You cannot proceed. The petitioner was not a resident of Ohio when he commenced his proceedings, and had not resided in the state two years before; both of which the law requires.

Bill dismissed.