A significant number of the many foreign-related divorce cases handled by our lawyers are related to the United States. In view of the fact that the courts of each state in the United States have the power to deal with divorce cases that occur within each state independently, and there is no uniform divorce code, there are some differences in the provisions of divorce laws between states. Today, this divorce lawyer talks about the jurisdiction of the courts in Michigan, USA, about the jurisdiction of the courts in Michigan, USA.
First, similar to Chinese law, the state's courts do not distinguish between U.S. citizens and foreign nationals when exercising jurisdiction over foreign-related divorce cases. Based on this, it is entirely possible for a Chinese citizen to become a party to a divorce case in the state.
Second, the exercise of jurisdiction by Michigan courts in divorce cases is mainly based on the residence of the parties, that is, territorial jurisdiction. This is similar to the provisions of Chinese law, but there are some obvious differences:
1. Unlike Chinese law, Michigan law does not distinguish which party to a divorce resides in Michigan. As long as one of the parties has lived in Michigan for at least 180 days.
2. Since divorce cases are heard by the circuit courts of each county in the state, the law also requires that the plaintiff or defendant reside in a county for at least 10 days prior to the initiation of divorce proceedings.
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There may be an exception to the second point above: the defendant in a divorce case was born outside the United States or has a nationality other than the United States, and the parties have children under the age of 18, and the judge finds that the defendant is likely to remove the children from the United States and detain them from returning to the United States.