Moore v. Moore

Appellant seeks reversal of a decree of absolute divorce entered on the grounds of constructive desertion continuing for more than one year. He contends that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the decree. We agree, vacate the decree of divorce, and remand the case with instructions that a decree of divorce be entered under the District of Columbia Marriage and Divorce Act of 1977.

*34The parties were married in 1968 and lived in the District of Columbia from that time as husband and wife. In the autumn of 1975 Mrs. Moore began to have suspicions concerning her husband’s extra-marital…