Houg v. Houg

Both parties present. It sometimes becomes necessary for the court to chart and blaze a new path. As a cold legal proposition, probably the court should make an order in this case *895requiring the respondent to contribute to the support and maintenance of the petitioner. The law, however, must in its application reflect a high sense of justice and a response to that which conscience dictates. While it is true that as between the spouse who is chargeable with the duty of providing for a dependent and the community, the obligation rests first on the spouse. Public policy would be shocked beyond…