Baker v. Baker

Appellant Kathleen Baker filed a complaint for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty. Respondent Frank Baker answered and cross-complained for desertion.

After trial the court granted each party a divorce, allowed alimony to appellant, and divided the community property equally.

Appellant alleges that the granting of a divorce to respondent was based on insufficient evidence; that as a matter of law respondent had no cause of action for divorce on the ground of desertion, and further that it was an abuse of discretion to grant respondent a divorce.

The parties were married in 1942. While…