A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this section, the petitioner or the respondent in an action for divorce or annulment of a marriage must have been an actual resident, in good faith, of the state, for six (6) months immediately preceding the filing of the petition. B. Any person who has been a resident of any United States army post or military reservation within the State of Oklahoma, for six (6) months immediately preceding the filing of the petition, may bring action for divorce or annulment of a marriage or may be sued for divorce or annulment of a marriage. R.L. 1910, § 4963. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 1939; Laws 1957, p. 82, § 2; Laws 1961, p. 64, § 1, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961; Laws 1965, c. 284, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1965. Renumbered from § 1272 of Title 12 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 400, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
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In re the Marriage of Jones, 2018 OK CIV APP 68, 430 P.3d 544.
· cites it 3× “1951 § 1272 [now 43 O.S.2011 § 102] 16 ... contemplate an actual residence with substantially the same attributes as are intended when the word 'domicile' is used.”
Broadbent v. Broadbent, 2019 OK CIV APP 61, 451 P.3d 930.
“Section 102(B) provides: Any person who has been a resident of any United States army post or military reservation within the State of Oklahoma, for six (6) months immediately preceding the filing of the petition, may bring action for divorce or annulment of a marriage or may be…”
Matter of Adoption of BRH, 823 P.2d 383 (Okla. Civ. App. 1991).
“The mother testified that at the time the divorce was filed, she and the father lived in Salina, Kansas. The statutory residency requirements are, of course, jurisdictional and establishment of a domicile for a statutory period of time is a prerequisite to the court's power to…”
Wadkins v. Holcom, 823 P.2d 383 (Okla. Civ. App. 1991).
“The mother testified that at the-time the divorce was filed, she and the father lived in Salina, Kansas.”
Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 102(B): 1 case
Broadbent v. Broadbent, 2019 OK CIV APP 61, 451 P.3d 930.
“Section 102(B) provides: Any person who has been a resident of any United States army post or military reservation within the State of Oklahoma, for six (6) months immediately preceding the filing of the petition, may bring action for divorce or annulment of a marriage or may be…”
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