Houston v. Houston

This is a motion to modify a prior separation judgment to provide for increased support for the children of the parties.

The plaintiff husband poses a threshold question of the jurisdiction of the court to grant the requested relief.

In 1953, a judgment of separation was granted in favor of the defendant wife, on her counterclaim in the husband’s action for divorce. Therein the wife was awarded $40 per week for the support of the two infant issue of the marriage, an award which she presently seeks to increase herein. She did not seek alimony for herself in the original action. Thereafter, in…