Schulz v. Schulz

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

As in the case of Quarles v. Quarles,— U.S.App.D.C. —, 179 F.2d 57, the question presented is whether there was an abuse of discretion by the District Court in awarding alimony to a wife against whom an absolute divorce was granted for desertion. We stated in that case that the judgment of the trial court in determining whether an award of alimony to a guilty defendant is “just and proper”, 16 D.C. Code § 412 (1940), will not be disturbed, unless an abuse of discretion is made manifest by the record. At the same time, we outlined some of the criteria that courts have…