Hopkins v. Hopkins

Moss, Acting Associate Justice:

Betty G. Hopkins, the respondent herein, commenced this action against her husband, Jesse A. Hopkins, the appellant herein, by the service of a Summons and Complaint upon him, on October 31, 1973, seeking a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii, on the ground that they had lived separate and apart for a period of three years. Section 20-101(5) of the Code.

The respondent alleged in her complaint that she and her husband were married on May 20, 1959, and that no children were born of this marriage; that they separated on July 7, 1970 and have since lived separate and…