Wife F. v. Husband F.

In this divorce action Wife obtained a decree in the Superior Court on the basis of extreme cruelty and thereafter sought an allowance out of her Husband’s property under the then governing Statute, 13 Del.C. § 1531(a). The Court was authorized thereby to award her such share of her Husband’s estate as it “deem[ed] reasonable” which, in essence, called for the exercise of a sound discretion. M v. M, Del.Supr., 321 A.2d 115 (1974); Wife v. Husband, Del.Supr., 258 A.2d 283 (1969). (Compare the present Statute, 13 Del.C. § 1513, which specifies certain “relevant factors.”) Wife appeals from the…