Jones v. Jones
Superior Court of Delaware
Action for divorce by Richard Jones against Amanda Jones. Decree nisi for plaintiff, incorporating alimony made payable at time of granting final decree.
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Action for divorce by Richard Jones against Amanda Jones. Decree nisi for plaintiff, incorporating alimony made payable at time of granting final decree. During the progress of the trial, counsel for the defendant stated that, if a decree nisi should be granted, the defendant would ask that a share of her husband’s estate be allowed her, under Section 15, Chapter 221, Volume 24, Laws of Delaware, which provides: “When a divorce shall be decreed for the aggression of the husband, the complainant shall be restored to all her real estate, and be allowed, out of her husband’s real and personal…
1Per curiam
[1, 2] When the wife in a divorce case shall ask to be allowed a share of her husband’s estate, testimony respecting the same may be heard at the trial of said action, or at the time of the granting of the final decree. If, at the trial of the divorce action the alimony is agreed upon, or determined by the coúrt after hearing the testimony, it may be incorporated in the decree nisi, made payable upon the granting of the final decree. The court are of the opinion that such application should be made by the petition of the claimant.
After hearing the testimony, the court granted a decree nisi.…
2Cited by1 opinion
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