§ 592 - Residence - Vermont Statutes

§ 592. Residence

A complaint for divorce or annulment of civil marriage may be brought if either party to the marriage has resided within the state for a period of six months or more, but a divorce shall not be decreed for any cause, unless the plaintiff or the defendant has resided in the state one year next preceding the date of final hearing. Temporary absence from the state because of illness, employment without the state, service as a member of the armed forces of the United States, or other legitimate and bona fide cause shall not affect the six months' period or the one-year period specified in the preceding sentence, provided the person has otherwise retained residence in this state. (Amended 1981, No. 2, eff. Feb. 12, 1981; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)