Zulauf v. Zulauf

Bessie Lee Zulauf (the wife) filed a bill against Harry Zulauf (the husband) in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for a divorce a mensa et thoro on the ground of abandonment and desertion. The husband filed a cross-bill for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii and, in the alternative, for a divorce a mensa et thoro, also alleging desertion and abandonment. The chancellor granted the husband a partial divorce and dismissed the wife’s bill. The wife appealed from the adverse rulings.

The parties met in North Carolina during World War II. They were married at Sparrow’s Point on July 26, 1946, and…