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DE MOTT v. DE MOTT

92 S.E.2d 342 (1956)

Dorothy Florence DE MOTT v. Harry Bernard DE MOTT.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Haw, Richmond (Leslie D. Campbell, Jr., Ashland, and Haw & Haw, Richmond, on the brief), for appellant.

David Meade White, Richmond, and Ivy P. Blue, Jr., Ashland (White, White & Roberts, Richmond, on the brief), for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

EGGLESTON, Justice.

On July 2, 1954, Harry Bernard De Mott filed in the court below his bill for divorce against Dorothy Florence DeMott on the ground that she had willfully deserted him without justification on June 29, 1954. He prayed for the custody of their infant daughter, Sharon Ann DeMott, who was then six years of age. The bill alleged that the wife was an alcoholic, was frequently abusive of the plaintiff, and unmindful of the care, health and welfare of...

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