Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky

The court does NOT have to obtain jurisdiction over the missing spouse in order to dissolve a marriage. By virtue of you living in a particular state for at least 6 months, that state's courts have jurisdiction over the marriage itself. In a situation like yours, one does attempt to serve the missing spouse by getting the court to appoint a warning order attorney. That warning order attorney makes reasonable efforts to notify the missing spouse of the divorce and if they fail, the court will still proceed with the divorce. The only thing the court can't do in this situation, is attach the missings spouses property that exists OUTSIDE of the state.