Wax v. Wax

Geraldine Clair Wax, the plaintiff, obtained a divorce in 1968 from Donald Milton Wax, the defendant. Custody of the two children, a boy fourteen and a girl ten at the time of the decree, was awarded to the plaintiff. Prior to the decree the court had entered temporary orders for child support and alimony, none of which had been paid at the time of the decree.

The court, in the decree, awarded $200 per month for the support of the two children, but did not grant the plaintiff alimony. The family home, subject to the existing mortgage thereon, and a 1962 automobile were awarded to the wife as a…