Heckman v. Heckman

CAREY, Justice:

In a divorce action filed by Shirley Cooper Heckman, the appellant, against Walter Heckman, Jr., the appellee, the Superior Court denied a decree. She now asks us to reverse that decision. The appellee did not contest the suit below and has not appeared in this Court.

The action is based upon voluntary separation under 13 Del.C. § 1522(11), as follows:

“The causes for divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be * * *(11) When husband and wife have voluntarily lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation for three consecutive years prior to the filing of the divorce action…