Boyce v. Boyce

WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.

The District of Columbia Code (1940) Title 16, § 403, provides that “a divorce from the bond of marriage * * * may be granted for * * * voluntary separation from bed .and board for five consecutive years without cohabitation * * Relying on this provision, the appellant, Mary G. Boyce, sued the ap-pellee, Maltón E. Boyce, and by this appeal complains of the judgment of the District Court which dismissed the action.

The parties were married in 1920 and are the parents of four children, all of whom are now adults. Differences developed between them which…