Gardner v. Gardner

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This appeal challenges a decree of the chancery court granting a divorce to Melvyn J. Gardner. Appellant, Bernice A. Gardner, urges two grounds for a reversal: (a) Appellee had no bona fide residence in Arkansas, and (b) The evidence does not show three years separation as required by statute.

Factual Background. The parties were married in Boston in 1943. Sometime later they moved to Miami Beach, Florida where they and their four children established their residences and where Dr. Gardner engaged in the private practice of psychiatry. During the latter part of…