Scott v. Scott

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether under our present law a limited divorce may be granted on the ground of desertion for a period of less than two years. For reasons hereafter stated, we think the trial •court correctly answered the question in the negative.

Prior to our present divorce statute of August 7, 1935, the only ground for an absolute divorce in this jurisdiction was adultery. A limited divorce could be granted for drunkenness, cruelty, or desertion. The •old law appears in Section 966 of the various editions of our original Code of 1901. Our present law…