Under durational residency, the 1-year residency category requires which of the following?

• A. Married in NY
• B. Matrimonial domicile in NY
• C. Grounds arising in NY
• D. None of the above

Answer: (B)

Durational residency in this context is about where a divorce action is jurisdictionally grounded based on the spouses’ home. For the one-year category, the key requirement is that the couple have a matrimonial domicile in New York for at least one year prior to filing. The matrimonial domicile is the place the spouses intend to make their home as a married couple—their legal home—not merely where they got married. So the correct idea is that the action is grounded on a NY matrimonial domicile maintained for one year.

This is why the option describing a NY matrimonial domicile fits. Being married in New York isn’t required and isn’t what establishes this basis, and grounds arising in NY refer to where the events related to the case occurred, which is a different basis for jurisdiction.