Opinion ID: 1944845
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Heading: The Award of Divorce to Appellee.

Text: Apparently abandoning his charge of desertion, the husband now argues that the marriage deteriorated to the point of nonexistence and that both parties acquiesced in the separation. We have ruled that desertion contemplates a voluntary separation of one party from the other, without justification, an intention not to return, and the absence of consent or connivance of the other party. [1] We are satisfied from the record that the issues as to whether appellant's departure from the marital abode was without justification and without the wife's consent were considered by the trial judge and resolved in her favor on the ground that she was the abandoned spouse and had not consented to the husband's leaving and remaining apart for the statutory period. There was competent evidence to support these findings, and although there was conflict in the testimony surrounding the factual issues, we are without authority to substitute our own views thereon. Finding no error in the award of the divorce to appellee on the ground of appellant's desertion, we affirm it.