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ROUSE v. ROUSE

No. 320.

128 S.E.2d 865 (1963)

258 N.C. 520

James B. ROUSE v. Grace R. ROUSE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Frank Owens, Kinston, for defendant, appellant.

J. Harvey Turner, Kinston, for plaintiff, appellee.

SHARP, Justice.

Each of defendant's assignments of error presents this question: Does a judgment in an action instituted under G.S. § 50-16 decreeing that the husband has wilfully abandoned the wife and awarding her support and maintenance constitute a judicial separation which, two years thereafter, will permit the husband to obtain an absolute divorce? The answer is YES.

As pointed out by Bobbitt, J., in Richardson v. Richardson, 257...

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