C.L. v. R.G.

OPINION OF THE COURT

John J. Ark, J.

A trial was held on the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s cruel and inhuman treatment complaint. Plaintiff testified credibly as follows.

*614The plaintiff wife and defendant husband were married in September 1968. They have two children, born in April 1976 and November 1983.

The defendant has a 12-year history of abusing alcohol. The defendant was convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) in 1991 and again in 1992. The plaintiff insisted that the drinking would have to be controlled or it would have a detrimental impact on their marriage. Not only did the…