McGuire v. McGuire

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This appeal comes to us from a Chancery Court’s award of temporary support and attorney’s fee.

Appellant, J. W. McGuire, and appellee, Katie McGuire, are husband and wife. They have been married for the past 23 years. The parties were separated in April 1959 and on June 9, 1959, appellee filed a separate maintenance suit. Upon a hearing of the cause, appellant was ordered to pay $100 per month temporary support and $75 attorney’s fee, from which order comes this appeal.

The law relative to temporary support is well settled. Section 34-1210, Ark. Stats, provides:

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