Babbitt v. Babbitt

Citations

• 69 Ill. 277

Syllabus

<p>1. Mabried women—jurisdiction of action by, for maintenance. It is indispensable, to give the circuit court jurisdiction of a bill of a married woman against her husband for a reasonable support and maintenance while living separate, under the act of 1867, that one of the parties shall reside in the county in which the suit is brought.</p> <p>2. Same—separation must be without -wife’s fault. The husband lias the right to select his domicil, and to change his residence, and it is the duty of his wife to accompany him, and if she refuses to go with him, he will not pe hound to afford her a support and maintenance while she thus remains away from him without fault on his part.</p>