de Jongh v. de Jongh

In a matrimonial action which has been resolved by a final judgment providing for the payment to the plaintiff of alimony in the sum of $20 a week, plaintiff moves pursuant to the newly enacted provisions of section 49-b of the Personal Property Law (L. 1958, ch. 659), for an order directing the defendant’s employer to deduct from his salary, commissions, etc; the sum of $20 a week, plus any additional sum the court may order by reason of back alimony due the plaintiff.

Briefly, the petitioner alleges that since July, 1957 the defendant has failed to forward the alimony decreed by the judgment…