Question juridique clé
Whether the Geneva courts had territorial jurisdiction over the wife's divorce action under Art. 59 LDIP.
Solution extraite
No. The wife did not have her domicile in Geneva at the time the action was filed, so Geneva courts were not competent.
Motifs extraits
Jurisdiction under Art. 59 LDIP depends on the defendant's domicile or, for the plaintiff, residence in Switzerland for one year or Swiss nationality. The wife was French and had not established Geneva as the center of her life; the factual findings showed her life was mainly in France.