Courtney v. Courtney

QUINN, Associate Judge:

The District of Columbia divorce statute provides for an absolute divorce upon the ground that a spouse has been convicted of a felony and sentenced to a penal institution for not less than two years, part of which sentence has actually been served. 1 Appellant sued for divorce under this section, 2 alleging that appellee had been convicted of attempted robbery and sentenced' to the Lorton Reformatory under Section 5010(b) 3 of the Federal Youth Corrections Act. 4 Appellant alleged that appellee had served part of his sentence, which was for an indeterminate term not…