Blevins v. Blevins

In a bill of complaint filed in the court below, Lillian Gilbert Blevins sought a divorce from her husband, Jake S. Blevins, on the alternative grounds of constructive desertion and one year’s separation; she also sought support and maintenance, attorney’s fees, and costs. By a subsequent amendment to her bill of complaint, Mrs. Blevins added a charge of adultery as a ground of divorce. Responding, Mr. Blevins denied his wife’s allegations and, in a cross-bill, prayed that he be granted a divorce on the ground that Mrs. Blevins deserted him.

By final decree entered July 29, 1980, the trial…