Spivak v. Spivak

The trial court granted each of the parties a divorce against the other on the grounds of extreme cruelty. Plaintiff appeals from those portions of the interlocutory judgment and decree of divorce which granted defendant a divorce and awarded defendant half of the community property.

Plaintiff contends that there is no evidence that the acts of plaintiff caused defendant any “grievous mental suffering.” Therefore, says plaintiff, the court should not have granted defendant a divorce and should have awarded her more than half of the community property. Section 94, Civil Code, defines “extreme…