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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1499
hereafter be conferred upon them, relative to alimony and to the
custody, control and support of infant children of the parties.
Where the plaintiff is the husband, the court may, when necessity
and, circumstances warrant, require the plaintiff to pay alimony
support or maintenance for the benefit of said defendant, or it
may require the plaintiff to pay a sum of money as a whole, based
on the expectancy of life of said defendant and the plaintiff's
financial condition, together with reasonable__expense for the
burial of said defendant, or it may require the plaintiff to give
bond to the State of Maryland conditioned upon the payment by the
plaintiff for the care and maintenance of said defendant during
the remainder of her natural life, and necessary funeral
expenses. The court may modify or revoke any orders or decrees
relating to the custody of infant children, and their support,
and the support and maintenance of the defendant.]
26A.
WHEN GRANTING A DIVORCE A MENSA ET THORO, A DIVORCE A
VINCULO MATRIMONII, OR AN ANNULMENT, IF THE COURT FINDS FROM THE
TESTIMONY OF 2 OR MORE PHYSICIANS COMPETENT IN PSYCHIATRY THAT 1
OF THE PARTIES IS PERMANENTLY AND INCURABLY INSANE WITH NO HOPE
OF RECOVERY, THEN, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES, THE COURT MAY REQUIRE A PARTY:
(1) TO PAY ALIMONY OR SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
INSANE PARTY;
(2) TO PAY A LUMP SUM BASED ON THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF
THE INSANE PARTY AND THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE OTHER PARTY
TOGETHER WITH REASONABLE FUNERAL EXPENSES; OR
(3) TO GIVE BOND TO THIS STATE CONDITIONED ON THE
PAYMENT FOR:
(I) THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE INSANE
PARTY DURING THE REMAINDER OF HIS OR HER NATURAL LIFE; AND
(II) REASONABLE FUNERAL EXPENSES.
[26A.] 26B.
In all actions for divorce an offer of reconciliation or an
attempt to reconcile by one spouse without the concurrence of the
other spouse shall not be available as a defense to a divorce nor
in and of itself be a bar to a divorce; nor shall the refusal of
a spouse to accept an offer of reconciliation made by the other
spouse or the rejection by a spouse of any attempt at
reconciliation made by the other spouse be available as a defense
to a divorce nor in and of itself be a bar to a ground for a
divorce.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions
of this Act shall apply only to cases filed after the effective
date of this Act.
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