Legal Opinion
Colburn v. Colburn
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 8, 1974No. 173, September Term, 1973PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, C. J.
This is the latest battle in the seemingly never ending war 1 triggered by the “desperate thing” 2 the marriage of MARJORIE B. S. COLBURN (Wife) and JAMES B. COLBURN, JR. (Husband) proved to be. Their present marital status is that Wife, after extended proceedings (suit commenced 20 January 1970), was granted a divorce a mensa et thoro by decree of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, filed 21 April 1971, which we affirmed on appeal, Colburn v. Colburn, 15 Md. App. 503, and on 14 December 1971, Husband obtained a divorce a vinculo matrimonii in an ex parte proceeding before the Circuit…
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