Husband v. Wife Divorce Appeal Remanded for Insufficient Findings on Marital Duty Violations
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Généré par l'IAIn a divorce action, the intermediate appellate court granted the petition based only on the finding that the husband's grievances were "sufficiently serious," but the Supreme Court quashed this decision because, pursuant to the relevant Civil Code article, excessive mistreatment or insults constitute grounds for divorce only if they represent a grave or repeated violation of marital duties rendering continued cohabitation intolerable; the appellate court failed to explicitly demonstrate that it considered these dual conditions, thus lacking a legal basis for its judgment and necessitating a referral to another appellate court.
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Généré par l'IAARTICLE 232 DU CODE CIVIL; Husband v. Wife Divorce Appeal Remanded for Insufficient Findings on Marital Duty Violations: In a divorce action, the intermediate appellate court granted the petition based only on the finding that the husband's grievances were "sufficiently serious," but the Supreme Court quashed this decision because, pursuant to the relevant Civil Code article, excessive mistreatment or insults constitute grounds for divorce only if they represent a grave or repeated violation of marital duties rendering continued cohabitation intolerable; the appellate court failed to explicitly demonstrate that it considered these dual conditions, thus lacking a legal basis for its judgment and necessitating a referral to another appellate court.
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Généré par l'IAThe decision was quashed because the Court of Appeal failed to consider the conditions required by this article for grounds of divorce (serious or repeated violation of marital duties making cohabitation intolerable).
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SUR LE MOYEN UNIQUE : VU L'ARTICLE 232 DU CODE CIVIL;
ATTENDU, SELON CE TEXTE, QUE LES EXCES, SEVICES OU INJURES NE SONT DES CAUSES DE DIVORCE QU'A LA DOUBLE CONDITION QUE CES FAITS CONSTITUENT UNE VIOLATION GRAVE OU RENOUVELEE DES DEVOIRS ET OBLIGATIONS RESULTANT DU MARIAGE ET RENDANT INTOLERABLE LE MAINTIEN DU LIEN CONJUGAL;
ATTENDU QUE, POUR ACCUEILLIR LA DEMANDE EN DIVORCE DE PORTILLO, L'ARRET INFIRMATIF ATTAQUE ENONCE QUE LE MARI JUSTIFIE DE GRIEFS SUFFISAMMENT GRAVES;
ATTENDU QU'IL NE RESULTE PAS DE CES MOTIFS QUE LA COUR D'APPEL AIT PRIS EN CONSIDERATION LES CONDITIONS EXIGEES PAR LE TEXTE SUSVISE;
D'OU IL RESULTE QU'ELLE N'A PAS DONNE UNE BASE LEGALE A SA DECISION;
PAR CES MOTIFS : CASSE ET ANNULE L'ARRET RENDU ENTRE LES PARTIES PAR LA COUR D'APPEL DE TOULOUSE, LE 5 NOVEMBRE 1971;
REMET, EN CONSEQUENCE, LA CAUSE ET LES PARTIES AU MEME ET SEMBLABLE ETAT OU ELLES ETAIENT AVANT LEDIT ARRET ET, POUR ETRE FAIT DROIT, LES RENVOIE DEVANT LA COUR D'APPEL DE PAU.