Putvain v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZ.

CAMERON, Justice.

We granted Heidi F. Putvain’s petition for review of a decision of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, affirming the denial of her request for widow’s benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, A.R.S. § 23-1064. Putvain v. Industrial Commission, 140 Ariz. 153, 680 P.2d 1214 (App.1983). We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. Art. 6, § 5, and Rule 23, Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, 17A A.R.S.

We must decide the following issue:

Did petitioner voluntarily abandon her husband prior to his death as defined under A.R.S. § 23-1064(A)(l)?

The facts…