ASHMORE v. ASHMORE

No. 70-687.

251 So.2d 15 (1971)

Terence Godfrey ASHMORE, Appellant, v. Jan Kemper ASHMORE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence Godfrey Ashmore, in pro. per.

Ronald Sales, Palm Beach, for appellee.


MANN, Judge.

By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs everything; and is therefore called in our law French a feme covert, foemina viro co-operta; is said to be covert-baron, or under the protection and influence of her husband, her baron...

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