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143 Conn. 727

Goddard v. Goddard

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 6, 1955

Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1955-12-06

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently June 1958

2 state decisions

Relies on Gowdy v. Gowdy

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Decided 1955-12-06

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Per Curiam.

¶1The plaintiff brought this action to obtain a decree of divorce on the ground of intolerable cruelty. It appears from the uncorrectable finding that the conduct of the defendant was cruel but not intolerable. As the term is used in the statute (General Statutes §7327), “intolerable cruelty” has a subjective as well as an objective significance. There must be not only proof of acts of cruelty on the part of the defendant but also proof that in their cumulative effect upon the plaintiff they are intolerable in the sense of rendering the continuance of the marital relation unbearable to him. Gowdy v. Gowdy, 120 Conn. 508, 510, 181 A. 462.

¶2There is no error.

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