A wife follows the domicile of her husband.

Explanation

(English-origin maxim.) A married woman's legal domicile follows that of her husband — this common-law rule determined jurisdiction, venue, and voting rights, and is still cited in domicile disputes under traditional choice-of-law analysis.

Where this applies

• A husband moves from New York to Texas for work, and a court determines that his wife's legal domicile automatically follows his, affecting which state has jurisdiction over their affairs.
• A wife files for divorce in her home state, but the husband argues the court lacks jurisdiction because her legal domicile follows his in another state under common-law tradition.
• A couple disagrees about where to file taxes; under the traditional rule, the wife's domicile is deemed to be wherever her husband has established his.