Court Opinion

ID: 9825632
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 13:49:31.199874+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:18:50.681577
License: Public Domain

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice, concurring. There is the statement in Squire v. Squire, referred to in the majority opinion, that “Even though [the plaintiff] moved to this State to bring a divorce suit and had the intention of leaving after the divorce was granted, this would not deprive the Court of jurisdiction, if she were actually and in good faith a bona fide resident for the period prescribed by the statute.” Although the Squire case has been followed by other decisions in which the statutory period was discussed, it is inconceivable that the General Assembly intended to invite dissatisfied non-residents to purchase round-trip tickets good for ninety days and come to Arkansas for the procurement of a divorce. The “good faith” spoken of in the opinion is so patently wanting in the very quality it mentions that bona fide has no meaning. I think we should overrule what was there said and substitute a consistent declaration in respect of good faith.