In re Entenman

At the trial I was of the opinion that this petition, brought under section 7-a of the Domestic Relations Law, must be dismissed for the reason that the only reasonable implication to be drawn from the failure of the petitioning husband to hear from or learn the whereabouts of his wife was not that she had died, but that she was deliberately keeping away from him, and as deliberately concealing her whereabouts so that he could not reach or otherwise get in touch with her. The wife went away from their home in the fall of 1915, leaving the following letter, addressed to the petitioner:

“ Dear…