Pomraning v. Pomraning

George K. Cracraft, Chief Judge.

James Ronald Pomraning appeals from a divorce decree entered in the chancery court of Polk County. He contends that the chancellor erred both in granting the divorce when appellee failed to prove and corroborate statutory grounds and in assuming jurisdiction to determine the issue of child custody. We do not agree.

The appellee sought her divorce on grounds of indignities. Divorce is a creature of statute and can only be granted when statutory grounds have been proved and corroborated. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 34-1202 (Supp. 1983) authorizes the granting of a divorce…