Atwood v. Atwood

The respondent named in a petition for separate support has appealed from a decree of the Probate Court which declared that because of his cruel and abusive treatment the petitioner was living apart from him for justifiable cause and ordered the respondent to pay to the petitioner a stated sum of money monthly for the support of the petitioner and a minor child. It is the contention of the respondent that his marriage to the petitioner was null and void in this Commonwealth and that therefore the Probate Court was without jurisdiction to entertain the petition for separate support. Wright v.…