O'Keefe v. O'Keefe

SNELL, Justice.

Plaintiff has appealed from the trial court’s dismissal of her petition for divorce.

Again we are faced with the distressing problem of deciding when conduct clearly reprehensible and subject to criticism is “such inhuman treatment as to endanger the life of his wife,” required by section 598.8(5), Code of Iowa.

“Cases decided by this court applying that section are myriad. The rules are well established. Application causes the difficulty. Just what gives rise to a finding of cruel and inhuman treatment cannot be *479precisely stated. We note once again that each case must be…