Morgan v. Morgan

There is presented a difficult and distressing marital problem which is not within the power of any court to solve adequately. For, among other complications, there is here involved the mathematical impossibility of making an order for support commensurate with the reasonable combined needs of all the members of a broken family group accustomed to a comfortable standard of living before the separation. As stated by Justice Panken in Domb v. Domb (176 Misc. 409, 410, 411): “It is quite conceivable that an order may be made for the support of dependents which is not adequate because of the…