Question juridique clé
Whether the Swiss courts had jurisdiction over the wife's divorce action under Art. 59 let. b LDIP
Solution extraite
Yes. The wife had already established her domicile in Pully when she filed the action, because her objective conduct immediately manifested an intention to settle there permanently.
Motifs extraits
Domicile under Art. 20 LDIP depends on residence plus an externally recognizable intention to remain. The wife's prompt return to Pully, stay with her parents, registration with the local inhabitants' office, and lease of an apartment showed that Pully was already the center of her personal and family life on 20 October 2000.