Legal Opinion
Mills v. Howard
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 28, 1971No. 1379-M. PPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
This is a petition for habeas corpus. At the time of its filing, the petitioner was incarcerated in the Adult Correctional Institutions by virtue of a body execution issued by the Family Court pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §15-5-16. This section provides that upon the submission of an affidavit by a wife or her attorney alleging the non-performance by a husband of an order calling for the payment of support, alimony or a counsel fee, an execution for the amount due and unpaid shall issue against the husband’s goods and chattels and “for want thereof against his…
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