There are no laws compelling the husband to support his wife.

The husband is under an assumed obligation to support his family, but there exists no means of forcing him to do his duty.

Family desertion has become one of the commonest and one of the most baffling of modern social problems.

Everybody is appalled by its prevalence, but nobody seems to know what to do about it.

The Legal Aid Society of New York City reports about three new cases of family desertion for every day in the year.