Portnoy v. Portnoy

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The appeal presents one question: May a former wife, who has obtained a final ex parte California divorce, thereafter maintain an action for support in this state against her former husband ? The lower court held that she could, and awarded support. We affirm.

In resolving the question we may, of course, put to one side those cases in which the wife has had an opportunity to claim support or alimony, for in such cases there may be reason to limit her rights against the husband to what the divorce court has granted. See Herrick v. Herrick, 55 Nev. 59, 25 P.2d…