Norkunas v. Norkunas

(Commissioner when cause submitted).

Divorce. The trial court granted plaintiff-wife a divorce, custody of the parties’ son, $175 monthly for child support, $25,000 lump-sum alimony and $4,500 attorney’s fee. Defendant appeals. The crucial issue is the trial court’s right to quash defendant’s deposition subpoenas because he was delinquent in paying pendente lite allowances.

The pleadings raised an issue of whether plaintiff had been unfaithful and associated with other men. As trial time neared defendant-husband obtained subpoenas to depose the plaintiff-wife and seven other witnesses. At that…