DIVORCE-SEPARATION FOR STATUTORY PERIOD AS A GROUND OF DIVORCE REGARDLESS OF FAULT

Authors

William R. Hewitt S.Ed., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

H sued W for a divorce on the statutory grounds that the parties had lived apart without cohabitation for ten years. The facts showed that the separation was caused by the willful abandonment of W by H and that H had lived in adultery after the separation and had not contributed to W's support since the separation. The trial court denied the divorce. On appeal, held, reversed. Where H and W have lived apart for the statutory period without cohabitation, H was entitled to the divorce regardless of the cause of the original separation and regardless of his subsequent conduct. Robertson v. Robertson, (Texas, 1949) 217 S.W. (2d) 132.

Recommended Citation

William R. Hewitt S.Ed., DIVORCE-SEPARATION FOR STATUTORY PERIOD AS A GROUND OF DIVORCE REGARDLESS OF FAULT, 48 Mich. L. Rev. 125 (1949).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol48/iss1/16