DIVORCE - DOMICIL - RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN DECREES

The New York Court of Appeals has re-emphasized some well-established principles of divorce jurisdiction in the recent case of Fischer v. Fischer. In a suit involving the validity of a second marriage, W proved a Nevada divorce from her first husband, a citizen of New York, who had been served in New York but had not appeared to defend the litigation. The court denied recognition to the Nevada decree because W\u27s residence in Nevada, while it conformed with the statutory requirements of that forum, was proved to have been acquired solely for the purpose of securing a divorce. The invalidity of such a decree, the court said, was not open to doubt. Indeed, the long settled rule is that one who goes to another state for the sole purpose of procuring a divorce, not intending a permanent change of residence, does not acquire a new domicil; hence, his divorce proceeding is a fraud both on the court of the forum and of his own state, and is void. Since domicil or residence is a jurisdictional fact, the second court has the power to inquire into the facts to determine for itself whether or not the court rendering the decree had jurisdiction. While a foreign judgment is considered prima facie valid, and clear and convincing proof is needed to impeach it, the tendency of late years has been to reexamine the facts when the question arises in relation to a foreign, and especially a Nevada, divorce decree. This policy has been crystallized in statutes in several states, a typical one reading substantially as follows: If any inhabitant go into another state in order to obtain a decree of divorce for a cause which occurred while in this state, or for a cause not a ground in this state, a decree so obtained shall be of no effect. The Missouri court, in Wagoner v. Wagoner, gave weight to these evidentiary facts, that the plaintiff had taken room and board for the statutory period of time only, had obtained a position in Reno from a friend who required only an hour\u27s time each day, had told neither his business associates nor friends of his change of residence, and had returned to his home state immediately on obtaining his decree. On the basis of such showings the court decided that his residence was merely colorable, insufficient to confer on the Nevada court jurisdiction to decree a valid divorce

The Function of Play in the Primary Grades

Play is universal. It is a form of language by means of which people all over the world express their emotions. It is not confined to any one people; it is not isolated to any one section of the world. In the kingdom as well as in the republic play reigns supreme. No law can or does attempt to suppress it, for leaders everywhere recognize the valuable part it holds in the life of man

KOOL

In this thesis paper, I will recount the creative and technical processes of making my graduate thesis film, KOOL. I will describe how the story was developed and written, then analyze the phases of pre-production, principle photography, and post production. I will then evaluate my leadership skills, and strengths and weaknesses as a film director

Alien Registration- Nicholson, Florence K. (Limestone, Aroostook County)

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Depot-Level Simulation and Multivariate Analysis on B-1 High Velocity Maintenance

The objective of this thesis is to gain insights on the B-1B depot maintenance operations, with a focus on direct maintenance hours or burn rate, under the implementation of High Velocity Maintenance (HVM). Based on historical depot maintenance data and the current B-1 depot HVM prototype data, a discrete-event simulation model is developed using Arena 12.0. Some United States Air Force supply chain influences, such as manning levels and kitting characteristics of the B-1 depot operations, are incorporated in our models as design factors. The model captures the stochastic nature of 30 HVM tasks performed on one B-1 aircraft in a representative HVM cycle at the B-1 depot located in Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base. To examine the impact of HVM, we vary the levels of the design factors and conduct a design of experiment (DOE). The DOE analysis reveals that manning levels and kitting characteristics have statistically significant impact on some HVM task completion times, which are used collectively as a surrogate measure for burn rate. In particular, manning schedule with a centric focus on direct maintenance, high task kit availability, and small kit deficiency produce the highest burn rate. Additionally, by performing multivariate analysis, we are able to reduce the dimensionality of the output statistics and conclude that kit deficiency is the main driver for HVM task duration with our simulation

KOOL

In this thesis paper, I will recount the creative and technical processes of making my graduate thesis film, KOOL. I will describe how the story was developed and written, then analyze the phases of pre-production, principle photography, and post production. I will then evaluate my leadership skills, and strengths and weaknesses as a film director