{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-30-2-5","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 30-2-5","heading":"Residency Requirement for Plaintiff When Defendant Nonresident.","body":"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.","path":["Title 30 Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 2 Divorce and Alimony.","Article 1 Divorce from Bonds of Matrimony."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=30-2-5","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"36c8269633a3ce82833f6e8b79fdffdc094b19e748e7d81a95ea0dd1678a926d","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-30-2-4","next":"us-al/ala.-code-30-2-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}