Delevett v. Delevett

On September 30, 1958, the Superior Court granted the plaintiff wife a divorce on the ground of intolerable cruelty. The care and custody of the couple’s six minor children was awarded to the plaintiff, subject to the right of reasonable visitation by the defendant. The decree provided that “[t]he defendant is to make weekly payments for the support and maintenance of the children in the sum of $150.” The decree further ordered the defendant to pay, under certain circumstances, dental expenses which were incurred on behalf of any child. "When the couple’s oldest child became emancipated on…