Schaaf v. Schaaf

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, lia M. Schaaf, appeals from a decree which awarded a divorce to her husband, Karl M. Schaaf. The husband filed suit for divorce on July 3, 1969, on the ground of desertion that commenced in February, 1965. The chancellor found for the plaintiff and the defendant appeals.

Defendant contends that, in February, 1965, on his own volition and without any reasonable cause, the plaintiff left her. Secondly, defendant claims that a reasonable cause, which justifies a husband or wife to desert or abandon the other, must…