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Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 1272 (2026)

Renumbered as § 102 of Title 43 by Laws 1989, c. 333, §

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1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.

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Cited in 9 cases, 1951–1996 · leading case: Thoma v. Thoma, 1997-NMCA-016, 934 P.2d 1066.
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Thoma v. Thoma, 1997-NMCA-016, 934 P.2d 1066. “Oklahoma law required Wife to have been an “actual resident” of the state for the six months preceding filing for divorce, Okla.Stat.Ann. tit. 12, § 1272 (West 1988), and, to support venue in Oklahoma County, to have been a “resident” of that county for the thirty days preceding…”
White v. White, 81 A.2d 450 (Conn. 1951). “Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 1272 (1941). The defendant knew of the pendency of the divorce action and retained counsel in Oklahoma but did not enter any appearance.”
Bixby v. Bixby, 361 P.2d 1075 (Okla. 1961). “Title 12 O.S.1951 § 1272, as amended in 1957, provides, “The plaintiff in an action for divorce must have been an actual resident * * * of the State * * * and a resident of the county in which the *1079 action is brought at the time the petition is filed.”
Clark v. Clark, 361 P.2d 207 (Okla. 1961). “Defendant also contends the trial court was without jurisdiction to grant a divorce for the reason that plaintiff had not been a resident of Ellis County, Oklahoma, for 6 months next preceding the filing of the amendment to the petition as required by 12 O.S.Supp.1957 § 1272. It…”
Frankovich v. Frankovich, 459 P.2d 583 (Okla. 1969). “1961, § 1272, as amended in 1965, allows a divorce action to be filed only in the county of which the plaintiff is then a resident or in the county of which the defendant is then a resident, and applying the principles of law set forth in Bixby v. Bixby, supra, the trial court’s…”
Graham v. Graham, 330 P.2d 1046 (Okla. 1958). “” 12 O.S.1951 § 1272. Thus it is essential that plaintiff have been a resident of Rogers County on the date the action was commenced.”
Wadkins v. Holcom, 823 P.2d 383 (Okla. Civ. App. 1991). “Renumbered from 12 O.S.1981 § 1272, by Laws 1989, c. 333 § 1, effective November 1, 1989.”
Meeks v. Meeks, 384 P.2d 902 (Okla. 1963). “The public policy of this State is clearly against the proposition of “forum shopping” as evidenced by the Legislature’s latest amendment to Title 12 O.S., § 1272, requiring the plaintiff in an action for divorce to be a resident in good faith of the county for 30 days prior to…”
Pingleton v. Pingleton, 529 P.2d 550 (Okla. Civ. App. 1974). “The statutes relevant to jurisdiction and venue in divorce actions read as follows: 12 O.S.1971, § 1272: “Either the plaintiff or the defendant in an action for divorce must have been an actual resident, in good faith, of the State, for six months next preceding the filing of…”
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