Piatt v. Piatt
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of tbe Second Judicial District, for Clearwater County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action for divorce. Judgment for plaintiff. “In order to make cruelty a ground for divorce, it must be such conduct toward the plaintiff by the defendant as will cause him or her injury by actual personal violence, or the reasonable apprehension of it, or such course of treatment as endangers his or her life or health, and renders cohabitation unsafe.”
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APPEAL from the District Court of tbe Second Judicial District, for Clearwater County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action for divorce. Judgment for plaintiff. “In order to make cruelty a ground for divorce, it must be such conduct toward the plaintiff by the defendant as will cause him or her injury by actual personal violence, or the reasonable apprehension of it, or such course of treatment as endangers his or her life or health, and renders cohabitation unsafe.” (Keezer on Marriage and Divorce, sec. 104, p. 58, and authorities cited in footnote; De C'loedt v. Be Cloedt, 24 Ida. 277, 133…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
In this case respondent was granted a divorce from appellant upon the ground of extreme cruelty, and as *410incidental relief was awarded the sum of $1,500, to be paid by appellant in full settlement of the property rights. The decree also required appellant to pay the sum of $30 per month for the support, care and maintenance of the two minor female children, issue of the marriage, payment of such sums to begin Oct. 1, 1918, and continue until each of said children shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, or until the further order of the court. The care, custody and control of the children,…
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