Kelly v. Kelly

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Raeeerty, J.

The question for determination, counsel for both parties agree, is, may an order for alimony pendente lite, entered in a divorce suit which is still pending in the supreme court of the State of New York, be enforced in the court of chancery of New Jersey by the wife against her husband as to the amount of past due alimony.

The learned advisory master advised a decree in favor of the wife for the sum of $843, the full amount due upon the foreign order for alimony pendente lite. The New York court, it should be noted, had theretofore made an…