RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS WHEN ONE SPOUSE LIVES OUTSIDE THE STATE OF ALABAMA When the defendant is a nonresident, the other party to the marriage must have been a bona fide resident of this state for six months next before the filing of the complaint, which must be alleged in the complaint and proved.
WHERE TO FILE FOR DIVORCE IN ALABAMA – JURISDICTION Complaints for divorce may be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the defendant resides, or in the circuit court of the county in which the parties resided when the separation occurred, or if the defendant is a nonresident, then in the circuit…
