Mallard v. Mallard

While the third issue is phrased in the language of GLS. 50-5 (4), the plaintiff bottoms his case on Gr.S. 50-6. Moreover, the record reveals that the action was tried under the last mentioned statute in the court below.

Gr.S. 50-6 specifies that “marriages may be dissolved and the parties thereto divorced from the bonds of matrimony on the application of either party, if and when the husband and wife have lived separate and apart for two years, and the plaintiff or defendant in the suit for divorce has resided in the State for a period of six months.”

A husband and wife live separate and apart…