Schroeder v. Schroeder

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether there is any rule of law, statutory or otherwise, in this jurisdiction which prohibits the granting of a divorce on the uncorroborated testimony of the complainant in an uncontested action. The question has never been squarely decided, although there are a number of cases which imply that such a rule exists. Those cases make reference to our. statute now embodied in Code 1951, § 16-419, which provides:

“No decree for a divorce, or decree annulling a marriage, shall be rendered on default, without proof; nor shall any admission…