Maranto v. Maranto

This is an appeal by the husband from a decree granting the wife a divorce a vinculo and awarding her custody of their nine-year-old daughter and allowances for the support of herself and the child. In this court no ques tion is raised as to custody of the child or the amount of the allowances. The only question is whether there is sufficient corroboration of the wife’s testimony to support the decree of divorce.

The principal object of the statutory requirement of corroboration, Code, Art. 35, sec. 4, is to prevent collusion, and when the possibility of collusion is precluded, the…