Utley v. Utley

The question for decision is the correctness of an order of the Probate Court allowing the respondent’s motion to discharge precepts of attachment which had been previously issued by the court.

The allowance of the motion arose in these circumstances. The petitioner is the wife of the respondent. On November 21, 1960, on the wife’s petition, a decree was entered in the Probate Court that she was living apart from her husband for justifiable cause. Custody of six minor children was awarded to the wife, and the husband was ordered to pay $45 weekly for the support of the wife and minor children.…