Maloney v. Maloney

Citations

• 83 Wash. 656
• 145 P. 631
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 725

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Grounds—Abandonment—Justification. A husband is not entitled to a judgment of divorce on the ground of abandonment on evidence that he and his wife had lived separate and apart for a few years, where it appears that the wife, while objecting to a divorce, had sufficient cause in living apart from the fact that the husband had taken up with another woman whom he wished to marry, and with whom he sustained illicit relations; since the abandonment must be voluntary and without justification; nor would abandonment be shown by refusing a reconciliation which was not offered in good faith.</p> <p>Same — -Inability to Live Together. The fact that a husband and wife have hopelessly drifted apart and can no longer live together as man and wife, is not ground for granting a divorce to the husband, where the conditions were due solely to his wrongful acts.</p>