Case Name: EMILY ROBERTS v. WILLIAM ROBERTS
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1832-10
Citations: 1 Ohio Ch. 149
Docket Number: 
Parties: EMILY ROBERTS v. WILLIAM ROBERTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery Ohio
Volume: 1
Pages: 149–149

Head Matter:
EMILY ROBERTS v. WILLIAM ROBERTS.
Divorce — wilful absence — alimony.
Wilful absence for more than three years, without any known cause, is good ground for a divorce.
Divorce. Cause — three years wilful absence.
These parties were married in June, and lived together till August, 1828; when, without any known cause, he left her, and went off, and has not been heard of since. She had a child in May, 1829, which is still living, and has maintained a good character.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Let the parties be divorced, and the custody of the child given to the mother. The defendant is ordered to pay her $¡200 in sixty days for alimony, and the costs, and in default she may take execution.