108 Ill. App. 2d 240 - Stanard v. Stanard’s Empirical Analysis

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71 state decisions

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1. ““* * * Whether certain acts will constitute physical or mental cruelty still depends upon the total factual background surrounding the conduct under question. This includes the particular emotional and personal makeup of the parties, and the varying circumstances under which any of the incidents occurred that may have given rise to the acts. An act which may constitute either physical or mental cruelty, when committed without any provoking force, may not be a sufficient basis for divorce when committed in certain provoking situations. It was the plaintiff’s burden to prove that the acts complained of — committed in a particular setting — were sufficient to justify a divorce. 8 * * The plaintiff’s cause of action falls somewhat short in another regard: the effect, if any, of the defendant’s acts upon her. She did testify that on the one occasion in the hospital, the conduct of the defendant caused her to cry. There are no allegations in the complaint and there is no other evidence in the record which suggests that the conduct of the defendant * * * was sufficient to render her life miserable and unendurable, and to cause her intense embarrassment, humiliation and anguish.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2 Ill. App. 3d 596 - Woodshank v. Woodshank · 9 Ill. App. 3d 667 - Sharpe v. Sharpe

2. ““Apparently, the trial court was moved by the fact that this marriage was obviously dead; that the parties had not lived together for some time, and would not now do so; and that to permit the marriage to continue would simply be continuing an existence of a status which is a constant source of friction.’ The observations of the trial court are patently correct. However, as has been reiterated time and again, the law favors the preservation of the estate of marriage and will dissolve a marriage only upon sufficient proof of the grounds set forth under the statute. People ex rel. Doty v. Connell, 9 Ill.2d 390, 394 , 137 N.E.2d 849 (1956); Kinsley v. Kinsley, 388 Ill. 194, 197 , 57 N.E.2d 449 (1944).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 31 Ill. App. 3d 682 - Lowrance v. Lowrance

3. ““In every action for a divorce commenced on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1967, the fault or conduct of the plaintiff, unless raised by the pleadings, is not a bar to the action nor a proper basis for the refusal of a decree of divorce.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 Ill. App. 3d 188 - Shumak v. Shumak