Herwig v. Herwig

WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Family Division, by the wife-appellant, Natalie M. Herwig. The lower court order granted the husband-appellee a divorce on the grounds of desertion.

The parties were married in 1958. Appellant testified that she left the marital abode on April 9, 1971. Appellee testified that she left on Good Friday of 1970. In either case it is undisputed that the wife removed herself from the marital abode. The only question on appeal is whether she was justified in doing so.

After their marriage the parties…