Buss v. Buss

We are of the opinion that the contention of the appellant is untenable. As pointed out by the trial court, the only reason that Judge Shaughnessy refused to grant respondent an order for the payment of alimony at the time that he denied her application upon the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment was that, in his opinion, the law did not permit such an order to be imposed when the divorce was being denied and the action ordered dismissed. Judge Shaughnessy went further and indicated that he would have entered such an order if the legislature had granted such authority to trial courts. As…