Chandler v. Chandler

The petitioner is the wife of the appellant, to whom she was married in October, 1901. In 1913 the husband instituted an action for separation against the petitioner, alleging cruelty and abandonment for a period of four years. The defendant (the petitioner here) having defaulted in that action, a decree of separation was entered in favor of the husband without provision for alimony to the defendant. The petition here is to *391require the husband nevertheless to provide support for the petitioner under the statute (Laws of 1933, chap. 482) which establishes a Court of Domestic Relations, and…