Legal Opinion
Quarles v. Quarles
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 19, 1949No. 10286PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by a husband to whom an absolute divorce was granted because of his wife’s desertion. His objection is directed to that part of the decree awarding alimony to the errant wife.
At common law and in the absence of statute, a guilty wife was generally not entitled to an award of alimony. 1 Cooley’s Blackstone, Commentaries 386 (* 442) (4th ed., 1899) ; Madden, Persons and Domestic Relations 323 (1931). But that rule has been modified in many jurisdictions either by judicial interpretation 1 or specifically by statute, as in the District of Columbia. Under…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Adler v. AdlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
- Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Wilkins v. WilkinsNebraska Supreme Court · 1909
- Flaxman v. FlaxmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Jaffe v. JaffeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by19 opinions
- McEachnie v. McEachnieDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Rzeszotarski v. RzeszotarskiDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Jewell R. Mazique v. Edward C. MaziqueCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Turpin v. TurpinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Burtoff v. BurtoffDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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