F.C. v. I.V.C.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

The parties present us with a muddle of conflicting facts, amended complaints, and angry motions in this protracted divorce battle.

Mr. and Mrs. C. were married in September, 1974 after having lived together for five years, and they separated sometime in 1979.1 Their marriage produced no children, although each had children by former spouses.

Mrs. C. sued in April, 1979, alleging mental cruelty, and later complained that her husband left the marriage shortly after an automobile accident in which she suffered injuries to her pelvis, ribs, and female organs, and was unable to…