Goebel v. Goebel’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “2117. “A jury shall not be impaneled in any action for divorce, alimony, or maintenance, but courts having general equity jurisdiction may grant a divorce for any of the following causes, to both husband and wife: “1.' To both parties. Such impotency or malformation as prevents sexual intercourse. “2. Living apart without any cohabitation for five consecutive years next before the application. “To party not in fault.. Also to the party not in fault, for the following causes: “1. Abandonment by one party or the other for one year. “2. Living in adultery with, another man or woman. “3. Condemnation for felony in or out of this state. “4. . Concealment from the other party of any loathsome disease existing at the time of marriage, or' contracting such afterward. “5. Force, ■ duress or fraud in obtaining the marriage. “6. Uniting with any religious society whose creed and rules require a renunciation of the marriage covenant, or forbid husband and wife from cohabiting. “To the wife. Also to the wife, when not in like fault, for the following causes: “1. Confirmed habit of drunkenness on the part of the husband of not less than one year’s duration, accompanied with a wasting of his estate, and without any suitable provision for the mainténance of-his wife or children.' “2. Habitually behaving toward her by the husband for not less than six months, in such cruel and inhuman manner as to indicate a - settled aversion to her, or to destroy permanently her peace or happiness. • • ‘ ‘ ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kelly v. Kelly