Smith v. Smith

The judgment creditor is the former wife of the judgment debtor, having obtained a decree of divorce from the judgment debtor in the Supreme Court, Queens County. That decree provided for the payment of alimony, and upon default in the payment of alimony, the wife obtained judgment for the arrears. The instant application is made pursuant to section 794 of the Civil Practice Act to direct two insurance companies to pay over to the wife, as judgment creditor, the cash surrender value of each of two life insurance policies, to be applied in partial satisfaction of the judgment obtained by her…