Broughton v. Broughton’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1976
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“"Separation grounded on abandonment by one of the parties can be admitted only in the case when he or she has withdrawn himself or herself from the common dwelling, without a lawful cause, has constantly refused to return to live with the other, and when such refusal is made to appear in the manner hereafter directed; provided, however, that separation grounded on abandonment may be the object of a reconventional demand in any suit for separation from bed and board." (As amended Acts 1958, No. 154 § 1.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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