Hansen v. Hansen

This appeal brings before us for review the record of the unhappy — and intermittent — married life of an Iowa farmer and his career-conscious wife. The plaintiff-husband petitioned for a divorce on the ground of statutory desertion; the defendant cross-petitioned, basing her claim on cruel and inhuman treatment such as to endanger her life and health. The trial court found the equities to be with the plaintiff and entered its decree and judgment granting him a divorce as prayed, with a property allowance to the defendant. The defendant alone appeals.

Our study of the record brings us to the…