Martin v. Martin

HALL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Caleb S. Martin, appeals a judgment finding his former spouse, Betty Sea-bolt Martin, free from fault in causing the breakup of the marriage and awarding her $1,000.00 in permanent alimony. We affirm.

Initially, plaintiff filed a petition for separation alleging abandonment. By supplemental petition, he prayed for divorce based on adultery, and alternatively, for separation based upon cruel treatment. Mrs. Martin denied being at fault in causing the breakup of the marriage, and through reconventional demand prayed for separation based upon cruel treatment and…