Torre v. Simon

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

The defendant appeals from a judgment of separation awarded the plaintiff on the ground of cruel treatment, and denying his reconventional demand for separation on the ground of abandonment. We affirm.

Plaintiff-appellee, Janis Torre Simon, initially filed a petition for separation from her husband, defendant-appellant Phillip D.J. Simon, on the ground of (constructive) abandonment. She later filed a supplemental and amending petition alleging cruel treatment as ground for the requested separation. Mr. Simon filed a reconventional demand for separation based on abandonment and…