398 So. 2d 16 - Bennett v. Deweese’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"The record is totally barren of any effort made by him to signify his objection to his wife's religious persuasion and/or endeavors until shortly before they separated and after he had determined that they were a source of embarrassment to him, had a disrupting influence upon his family life, and had already come to the conclusion that he no longer loved her.... When the objection was finally made he declined counseling and soon thereafter departed the home. We find that he has failed to prove legal fault on the part of Mrs. Bennett."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daigle v. Breaux

2. “"We must hold therefore that any unjustifiable conduct on the part of either husband or wife which so grievously wounds the mental feelings of the other, or such as in any other manner utterly destroys the legitimate ends and objects of matrimony, constitutes cruelty, although no physical or personal violence may be inflicted or threatened."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daigle v. Breaux

3. “"The courts will look, not so much to the originating cause of the cruel treatment, but to the nature and character of the treatment itself in determining the question as to whether it amounts to such cruelty as to warrant a separation."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daigle v. Breaux