Case Name: Barth v. Barth
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2006-08-23
Citations: 110 Ohio St. 3d 1462
Docket Number: 2006-0896
Parties: Barth v. Barth.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton and Lanzinger, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 110
Pages: 1462–1462

Head Matter:
2006-0896.
Barth v. Barth.

Opinion:
Cuyahoga App. No. 86473, 2006-0hio-1094. On review of order certifying a conflict. The court determines that a conflict exists. The parties are to brief the issue stated in the court of appeals' Journal Entry filed April 11, 2006:
"Whether the sixth-month residency requirement for jurisdiction set forth in R.C. 3105.03 is a strict test or may a court examine one party's intent and the other party's fraudulent inducement in abandoning Ohio as then' domicile."
Moyer, C.J., Lundberg Stratton and Lanzinger, JJ., dissent.
The conflict cases are McMaken v. McMaken (1994), 96 Ohio App.3d 402, and Heath v. Heath (Mar. 7, 1997), Lucas App. No. L-96-288.