Heath v. Heath

There are two petitions: one for separate *127support, by the wife, alleging that she is living apart from her husband and specifying cruel and abusive treatment as the justifiable cause, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 209, § 32; and one by the husband alleging that his wife has deserted him and that he is living apart for justifiable cause. After a full hearing in the Probate Court a decree was entered on the petition of the wife, that for justifiable cause she was actually living apart from her husband, giving her the custody of their four minor children, and awarding support for the wife and minor…