Flanagan v. Flanagan

Marriage is defined in The Devil’s Dictionary as “a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.” 1 Conceivably, it was the dawning of a realization that this definition of matrimony might accurately describe their relationship which precipitated Raymond and Bonnie Flanagan’s marital separation. This severance and the passing of five years without reconciliation were alleged by the respondent, Raymond, in his bill of complaint as grounds for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from his spouse, the petitioner. Instead of recounting the rather complex factual and…