Guenin v. Guenin

The plaintiff wife sued for an absolute divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty. CL 1948, § 552.7 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 25.87). After a trial at which only the parties and one other witness testified, the trial judge filed a carefully prepared written opinion containing detailed findings of fact. The trial judge, citing specific incidents, found that the defendant-husband dominated every act relating to the plaintiff’s house, her children, and the plaintiff herself and that he disciplined and punished her like a small child for imaginary misdeeds, thus depriving her of essential human…