Kavanagh v. Kavanagh

In 1963, plaintiff, Thomas Kavanagh, sued his wife, Barbara Kavanagh, defendant, for divorce. Defendant filed a counterclaim for separate maintenance. When plaintiff moved to Nevada and failed to appear in the matter pursuant to court order, his complaint was dismissed and defendant’s counterclaim was allowed.

In the judgment for separate maintenance the court ordered plaintiff to make alimony payments and to pay his wife’s attorney fees. When plaintiff failed to make payments for four years, defendant sought a final judgment awarding execution on all arrearages as fixed by the court.…