125.370 - Annulment of marriage not contracted within State: Jurisdiction of district court. - Nevada Statutes

125.370  Annulment of marriage not contracted within State: Jurisdiction of district court.

      1.  Annulment of marriages contracted, performed or entered into without the State of Nevada may, for any cause provided by law for annulment of marriage, be obtained by complaint, under oath, to the district court of any county if the plaintiff shall have resided 6 weeks in the State before suit be brought; otherwise, by complaint, under oath, to the district court of the county in which:

      (a) The defendant shall reside or be found; or

      (b) The plaintiff shall reside, if the latter be the county in which the parties last cohabited.

      2.  No court in this State shall have authority to annul any marriage contracted, performed or entered into without the State of Nevada unless one of the parties shall have resided in this State for the period of 6 weeks before filing of the complaint.

      [Part 1:147:1931; A 1951, 58] + [3:147:1931; 1931 NCL § 4070.02]