Urdaneta v. Urdaneta

The respondent and the petitioner entered this country in 1939 as husband and wife. The President of the United States issued an exequatur to the respondent as Vice-Consul of Venezuela on January 3, 1939. The parties continued to live together as husband and wife until the respondent-abandoned the petitioner while they were residing together in the city of New York. The evidence clearly establishes that he did so without cause or justification through any conduct on her part.

After adequate support, voluntarily given during the early months following the abandonment, the respondent on…