Sternheim v. Sternheim

I find that there has been no abandonment by the respondent of the petitioner, nor conduct which would, in law, constitute an abandonment constructively. To permit a spouse to leave her husband and to allow the obligation for her support to continue, despite her leaving him, the court must find as a matter of fact that' it had become impossible or unsafe for the spouse to continue to live with her husband. It has been properly held that an isolated disagreement cannot be regarded to justify a finding that this conduct constructively constitutes an abandonment.

The court refused to permit the…