Rabun v. Rabun

HAMITER, Justice.

Presented here is the single question of whether the divorced wife is entitled to alimony for her support under Revised Civil Code Article 160.

On February 4, 1955 Mrs. Viola Womack Rabun obtained a judgment of separation from her husband, John L. Rabun, on the ground of abandonment. In the proceeding she had sought from him alimony of $300 per month for herself and for their minor son, then approximately thirteen years of age, it being (according to the allegations of her petition) “a sum proportionate to his revenue.” The husband, in answering, had averred his willingness to…