Stockwell v. Stockwell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition, under P. S. 3108, by a wife to compel her husband to contribute to the support and education of their minor child. Trial by court at the April Term, 1913, Windham County, Taylor, J., presiding.
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Petition, under P. S. 3108, by a wife to compel her husband to contribute to the support and education of their minor child. Trial by court at the April Term, 1913, Windham County, Taylor, J., presiding. On the facts found the court made orders requiring the petitionee to contribute to the support and education' of the child, to which the petitionee excepted; and, upon the facts found as to the residence of the petitioner, the petitionee seasonably moved to dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction of the subject-matter thereof. Motion denied, to which the petitionee exceptód. The opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, C. J.
This is a petition by a wife against her husband for contribution for the care, support and education of their minor daughter. The parties were married in New Hampshire, and resided for a time on the husband’s farm in Vernon, Vermont. They afterwards moved into New Hampshire, and lived together there on a farm owned by the wife. They finally separated; since which time, the husband has lived at Vernon and the wife and child in New Hampshire. Upon these facts, the defendant moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction of the subject-matter in controversy, and…
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