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HEATER v. HEATER

No. 2421.

155 A.2d 523 (1959)

Thelma Ruth HEATER, Appellant, v. Ezra Wayne HEATER, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. DiLeo, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

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

ROVER, Chief Judge.

Appellant wife on December 12, 1958, filed a complaint for absolute divorce on the ground of desertion. At the conclusion of the wife's case the court dismissed her complaint on the ground that she had not resided in the District for the required statutory period. She appeals.

Inasmuch as the claimed desertion occurred in West Virginia, it is requisite that the wife be a "bona fide resident" of the District for at least two years prior...

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