SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this quarrel between a husband and a wife the issues presented to us for determination are out of the ordinary.
Appellee, Daniel L. Bartell (Dr. Bartell), and appellant, Eileen Bartell (Mrs. Bartell), were married in Baltimore in 1952. He left his wife and their two teenage daughters on June 1, 1974. The parties at that time were residing in Baltimore County, where they had resided for a number of years.
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