Ohio Declaratory Judgment that Validated A Divorce Granted In A Foreign Country

The Ohio courts would not recognize the validity of a divorce granted by a foreign country in which neither of the parties was domiciled. The divorce is void from its inception. The parties to the foreign divorce cannot, by their consent, give jurisdiction to a foreign court that would not otherwise have jurisdiction. Nor can a party "validate" a void foreign divorce by obtaining a judgment declaring that the foreign divorce was valid.

Divorce -- validity of divorce obtained outside of state -- outside United States -- Ohio

Ohio Courts would not recognize the validity of a divorce granted in a foreign country where neither of the parties is domiciled. A subsequent marriage in the same foreign country by one of the parties would be considered bigamous and void ab inito. Even if the person marrying one of the parties to the foreign divorce did so in good faith, Ohio Courts would not find that such a person would be entitled to inherit the intestate personal property of her purported spouse.

The above is part of a "Request to Review the Validity of an Ohio Declaratory Judgment that Validated a Divorce Granted in a Foreign Country" from govenment document PR 06210.039 Ohio

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