Parmly v. Parmly

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The modified decree nisi reveals judicial sanction of an agreement between the parties for the payment of a gross sum “in lieu of alimony and maintenance both now and at all times in the future;” and the primary subject of inquiry is whether this serves to deprive the court of chancery of jurisdiction presently to award alimony, even though the divorced wife be in necessitous circumstances.

For the resolution of this question, recourse must be had to the statute and the interpretative adjudications. The authorities elsewhere afford no aid in…