Legal Opinion
Kelley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 13, 1938PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, C. J.
A wife petitioned the Probate Court, under R. S., Chap. 74, Sec. 9, as amended by P. L. 1933, Chap. 36, that it order her husband to contribute to the support of their minor child.
After notice and hearing, the court decreed that, beginning with the fifteenth day of October, 1935, and continuing until otherwise ordered, the respondent pay his wife, for the child, three dollars weekly.
Two years later, on petition to enforce compliance, citation issued to the respondent, to appear and show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt of court.
The proceeding was not one to preserve the power…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Morin v. ClaflinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1905
- Cheney v. RichardsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Johnson v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1926
- ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1916
- Heim v. ColemanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1926
3Cited by4 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
- Carroll v. CarrollSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
- Duhamel v. DuhamelSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959
- Marino v. MarinoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959