Carter v. Carter

Robert and Arlene Carter were married in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 12, 1941, and are the parents of four adult sons. Robert and Arlene lived together as husband and wife until mid-1975. On June 19 of that year, Robert filed a petition for divorce in which he alleged that Arlene had been guilty of extreme cruelty toward him, that she had been guilty of drunkenness affecting the family life, and that their irreconcilable differences had caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage. The cruelty and drunkenness grounds were abandoned, however, and the divorce was granted on July 29,…