ART. 51. ] HUSBAND AND WIFE.

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vicious conduct; thirdly, abandonment and desertion; and the court
may decree such divorces forever, or fora limited time; and in all
cases where a divorce a mensa et thoro is decreed, it may be revoked
at anytime thereafter by the court granting the same, upon the joint
application of the parties to be discharged from the operation of the

9Md 310, 16
Md 179, 213 22
Md 337, 26 Md
239, 27 Md G85,
31 Md 138, 33
Md 328 36 Md
511, 38 Md. 357,
6 Gill, 252

decree; and the court may decree a divorce a mensa et thoro in cases
where a divorce a vinculo matrimonii is prayed, if the causes proved
be sufficient to entitle the party to the same; and in all cases where
a divorce is decreed, the court passing the same shall have full power
to award to the wife such property or estate as she had when mar-
ried, or the value of the same, or of such part thereof as may have
been sold or converted by the husband, having regard to the circum-
stances of the husband at the time of the divorce, or such part 6f

Causes for
granting.

any such property as the court may deem reasonable; and also have
power to order and direct who shall have the guardianship and cus-
tody of the children, and he charged with their support and mainte-
nance, and may at any time thereafter annul, vary, or modify such
order in relation to the children.

Powers of the
court.

14. No person shall be entitled to make application for a divorce
where the causes for divorce occurred out of this State, unless the
person so applying shall have resided within this State for two years

Art 16, s 27
1841, c 262, s 5,
1843, c 287
Who not
entitled to file

next preceding his or her application.
15. When a bill prays for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, the
fact that the parties have been divorced a mensa et thoro shall not be
taken to interfere with the jurisdiction of the court over the subject.

bill

Id a 28.
1842, c 198, s. 1
Divorce
a vinculo after a
decree a memo.

16. The admission of a respondent of the facts charged in a bill
for a divorce who consents to the application, shall not be taken
of itself as conclusive proof of the facts charged, as the ground of

Id s 29
1842, c 198, s 2
Admissions not
to authorize
decree

the application.

ALIMONY.

17. The courts of equity of this State shall and may hear and
determine all causes for alimony, in as full and ample manner as
such causes could be beard and determined by the laws of England
in the ecclesiastical courts there.
18. In cases where a divorce is decreed, alimony may be awarded.

Id s 14
1777, c 12, a 14.
Courts of equity
to hear and de-
termine all
causes for
alimony
7 Md 563, 12
Md 294, 28 Md
157, 33 Md. 401,
34 Md 21,
4 Md Chan 295,
10 Pet 683

WIFE'S PROPERTY.

19. The property, real and personal, belonging to a woman at

Id s 15
1841, c 2G2, s 3
Alimony in
cases of divorce.
22 Md 337.

the time of her marriage, and all property which she may acquire
or receive after her marriage by purchase, gift, grant, devise, be-
quest, descent, or in a course of distribution, shall be protected from
the debts of the husband, and not in any way liable for the payment
thereof; provided, that no acquisition of property passing to the
wife from the husband after coverture shall be valid if the same has
been made or granted to her in prejudice of the rights of his subsist-
ing creditors.

387, 43 Md. 360, 44 Md 632, 45 Md. 1, 47 Md S68. Property passing to wife from husband
31

1874, c 57
Property of
married women
protected from
husbands' debts
26 Md. 1, 239, 415;
27 Md 6, 420,
28 Md 210, 436,
31 Md 241. 32
Md 9 214, 33
Md 86, 579, 35
Md 327, 344, 36
Md 266, 38 Md
221, 284. 39 Md.
223, 40 Md 249,
after coverture.