Brockmiller v. Brockmiller

Defendant appeals from orders contained in an interlocutory decree of divorce granted to his wife. He does not contest the correctness of the decree insofar as it granted a divorce, hut maintains that the court abused its discretion in ordering him to pay $50 counsel fees to the wife’s attorney, and $60 a month for the support of the two minor children of the marriage.

Defendant, appellant herein, specifically contends that in an action for divorce the court cannot grant an allowance of counsel fees to a wife (1) without any showing by her of the necessity therefor; (2) when the services were…