Christian v. Christian

QUINN, Associate Judge.

In 1961 appellee brought this suit for separate maintenance. Appellant asserts that she was not a “wife” within the meaning of Code 1961, § 16-415 and therefore could not bring the suit. He appeals from the order of support.

The parties were married in Panama in 1933. During the ensuing years they frequently lived apart; he was a dentist employed by an oil company in South America and she was a night club singer and dancer. In 1951 the husband obtained a divorce a vinculo matrimonii in the State of Maryland. The purported notice of the proceeding to the wife was mailed…