Hodson v. Picker

This petition is made by the commissioner of public welfare of the city of New York on behalf of a dependent spouse for an order to direct the respondent, the wife of the dependent spouse, to provide for fair and reasonable support.

While the petition is made by the commissioner of public welfare of the city of New York, the petitioner in fact, however, is the husband of the respondent. This is the first petition presented to me wherein a husband asks for support from his wife. As far as I am able to ascertain, no proceeding has heretofore been commenced in the Domestic Relations Court of the…