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McCLUNG v. McCLUNG

146 S.E.2d 195 (1966)

206 Va. 782

Omer Wendell McCLUNG v. Mary Louise Holland McCLUNG.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 17, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry P. Anderson, Jr., Richmond (David E. Satterfield, III, Satterfield, Haw, Anderson, Parkerson & Beazley, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Erwin S. Solomon, Hot Springs (G. C. Gentry, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.

GORDON, Justice.

[1, 2] Under the settled law of this Commonwealth, a divorced wife has no right to alimony if the divorce was granted to her husband because of her misconduct.1 The decree in this suit granted a divorce to the husband on the ground of the wife's willful desertion and directed the husband to pay alimony. We must cancel the award of alimony.

[3, 4] The finding of the decree that Mary Louise Holland McClung willfully...

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