Maur v. Ciavarro

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant sued for divorce on the ground of voluntary separation for five years. 1 His wife, a resident of Italy, was not present at trial but answered interrogatories prepared by her court-appointed counsel. The trial court dismissed the husband’s complaint, and granted maintenance to the wife. On this appeal he apparently does not question the grant of maintenance, but he does assert that the trial court was in error in holding that he failed to establish a five-year voluntary separation entitling him to a divorce.

The evidence showed that the parties were married in…