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SCOTT v. SCOTT

No. 2111.

140 A.2d 312 (1958)

Gerald L. SCOTT, Appellant, v. Nancy Lee SCOTT, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 15, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Alexander, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Ferdinand J. Mack, Washington, D. C., with whom Arthur J. Hilland, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether under our present law a limited divorce may be granted on the ground of desertion for a period of less than two years. For reasons hereafter stated, we think the trial court correctly answered the question in the negative.

Prior to our present divorce statute of August 7, 1935, the only ground for an absolute divorce in this jurisdiction was adultery. A limited divorce could be granted for drunkenness...

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