Jean Baptiste Guillory, a free man of color, seeks a divorce from his wife, Marguerite Carabaillo, a free woman of color. Guillory asserts that, though he has always been "a good and affectionate husband," Marguerite "has been guilty of repeated acts of adultery with different persons and particularly with a coloured & married man named George Simien." Jean Baptiste claims that Marguerite abandoned him and their five children about six months ago and has continued to commit adultery since then. Guillory prays for a divorce from Marguerite "& that he & she may be placed in the same situation as tho' no marriage had ever been contracted between them." In addition, he prays for custody of the children as his wife "has proven herself unworthy of Keeping & raising them."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: St. Landry Parish Courthouse, Opelousas, Louisiana
