Royce v. Royce

The question requiring decision is whether the proofs support or justify the several mandates of the challenged order.

The parties were divorced in this state. It will serve no useful purpose to detail the several orders made in that cause concerning support of their three children. Suffice it to observe that under the last order so made, the husband was ordered to pay to his wife $20 a week towards their support. The wife sought no support for herself.

The husband was continuously in default. On April 27th, 1937, the wife petitioned the court to have him adjudged in contempt because of an…