Crowley v. Crowley

Neither the facts found nor the evidence are sufficient to warrant the granting of a divorce. Both marriage and divorce are regulated by statute, as a matter of public policy, to promote the integrity, sanctity, and permanency of the marriage relation as the very foundation of society. Other contracts and relations may be modified, discharged, and dissolved by agreement of the parties, but the marriage relation cannot. Once the relation is formed, the law steps in and holds the parties to the duties and liabilities arising from it. The law provides the grounds for divorce. Unless those…