EVERETT v. EVERETT

No. 2728.

170 A.2d 779 (1961)

Ethel Bell EVERETT, Appellant, v. Harold Thomas EVERETT, Jr., Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Mehler, Washington, D. C., with whom George J. Goldsborough, Jr., and Charles P. Hovis, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Myer Koonin, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellee filed a complaint for absolute divorce on the ground of desertion for two years. The wife answered denying the charge and counterclaimed for maintenance. She did not appear at trial but was represented by court-appointed counsel. The case was tried in April 1960, and at the conclusion of the evidence the court awarded appellee an absolute divorce. In July, through employed counsel, the wife...

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