Lebolt v. Lebolt

There is presented a jurisdictional question

whether this proceeding falls within the ambit of the statutory provision that “ A separation agreement shall in no way preclude the filing of a petition for the support * * * of a wife who is likely to become a public charge ” (N. Y. City Dom. Rel. Ct. Act, § 137, subd. 5).

On April 15, 1950, the parties, who had intermarried on July 26, 1924, entered into a formal written separation agreement, in conventional form, by which the husband agreed to pay to the wife “ in full of his obligation for her care, support and *705maintenance, the sum of Twenty…