Q: What are Factum Deserdendi and Animus Deserendi ?

Ans: Following ingredients must be fulfilled for desertion: 

1. Factum deserdendi, The factum of separation i.e., the petitioner and the respondent
should be either physically or mentally separated from each other.
2. Animus deserendi (an intention to desert the respondent for a permanent period.
3. Desertion should have been without any reasonable cause.
4. It should have been without the consent of the petitioner and
5. It should have been for a continuous period of two years, immediately preceding the
presentation of the petition in the court.
The period of two years must be a continuous period and it must run upto the date of the filing of the petition in the court.