Rodriguez v. Abry

LEMMON, Judge.

Mrs. George A. Abry filed a petition for separation from bed and board on the grounds of “excessive drinking, verbal abuse, continuous indignities and other acts of mistreatment” by her husband which forced her to leave the matrimonial domicile on February 7, 1969. Her husband denied the allegations, pleaded the affirmative defense of reconciliation and filed a reconventional demand for separation on the grounds of abandonment by moving out of the matrimonial domicile without lawful cause.

The district court found that Mrs. Abry had failed to carry her burden of proof of…