Bell v. Bell

PRICE, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a summary proceeding brought by Roberta Allen Bell, former wife of John Wesley Bell, for alimony after she was awarded a final divorce on grounds of adultery. The issue presented is whether the rejection of the wife’s demands in a prior separation suit between the parties has the effect of casting her with fault which precludes her right to post-divorce alimony.

The pertinent background of the litigation between the parties is as follows: in March of 1977 plaintiff filed a suit against her husband for separation on grounds of physical and mental cruel…