Van DeRyt v. Van DeRyt

Although the record may read like a comedy to some, to those who esteem the integrity of the administration of justice and the sanctity of marriage the record unravels a tragic story.

The spectre of collusion lurks beyond the page corners of the record, eluding definite proof. The case at bar, in our day, justifies the following perceptive statement of Judge Hitchcock in Harter v. Harter (1832), 5 Ohio 318, 319:

“Perhaps there is no statute in Ohio more abused than the statute concerning ‘divorce and alimony.’ Perhaps there is no statute under which greater imposition, is practiced upon the…