598.6  Additional contents.

Except where the respondent is a resident of this state and is served by personal service, the petition for dissolution of marriage, in addition to setting forth the information required by section 598.5, must state that the petitioner has been for the last year a resident of the state, specifying the county in which the petitioner has resided, and the length of such residence therein after deducting all absences from the state; and that the maintenance of the residence has been in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining a marriage dissolution only.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 1481; R60, § 2533; C73, § 2221; C97, § 3172; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10470; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 598.3; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 598.6]


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