CHALMERS v. CHALMERS


117 N.J. Super. 474 (1971)

285 A.2d 77

DOROTHY MAE BETH CHALMERS, PLAINTIFF, v. GEORGE M. CHALMERS, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided December 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph T. Daly for plaintiff (Messrs. Judge, Sheeran, Mascia & Dowd, attorneys).

Mr. Francis F. Welsh for defendant (Messrs. DeStefano & Welsh, attorneys).


CONSODINE, J.C.C. (temporarily assigned).

Plaintiff proves a case on her amended complaint in separation and defendant on his counterclaim in adultery. Defendant separated himself from plaintiff on her admission of an adulterous pregnancy.

This court has the power, where both parties make out a cause of action, to grant a decree to each N.J.S.A. 2A:34-7. Should it exercise that power on these facts? The statute is mute in this regard.

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