Legal Opinion
Breschel v. Breschel
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided August 28, 1980No. Record 791172PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I’ANSON, C J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this appeal, we must determine whether a wife was free from legal fault in leaving her husband and consequently not guilty of desertion.
On December 14, 1978, Robert Rody Breschel filed a bill of complaint against his wife, Lurlene Fuller Breschel, seeking a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground of willful desertion. The wife filed an answer denying the alleged desertion and a cross-bill seeking a divorce based upon Code § 20-91 (9) (a), which allows a divorce to be granted where the parties have lived separate and apart for one year.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Hoback v. HobackSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- D'Auria v. D'AuriaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1986
- Seemann v. SeemannSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
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