Code of Alabama - Title 30: Marital and Domestic Relations - Section 30-2-5 - Residency requirement for plaintiff when defendant nonresident
Section 30-2-5 - Residency requirement for plaintiff when defendant nonresident.
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.