{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20185404","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20185404","state":"Alabama","county":"Talladega","location_type":"County","file_day":20,"file_month":12,"file_year":1854,"filing_court":"Chancery","end_day":23,"end_month":12,"end_year":1854,"ending_court":"Chancery","result":"granted","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Talladega County Judicial Building, Talladega, Alabama","abstract":"In a related petition, Lydia Rowden, suing by her next friend William McPherson, prayed for a divorce from her husband, Isaac Rowden, who is confined in a lunatic asylum.  She also prayed for a division of the marriage property, which includes seventeen slaves.  She now asks the court that a guardian ad litem be appointed to protect his interests of her husband.","subjects":[{"subject":"Divorce"},{"subject":"Diseases (mental)"}]}]}