Fulde ex rel. Stone v. Stone

The respondent has been paying $14 per week for the support of his two children, pursuant to a temporary order made by Justice O’Brien on January 4,1946. At that time the children were eleven and nine years old, respectively.

On November 19, 1948, the petitioner made application for modification of the temporary order aforesaid, by increasing the amount paid, and for a permanent order. On the hearing of this application, before Justice McClancy, he denied respondent’s motion to dismiss the proceeding for lack of jurisdiction, because of an outstanding separation agreement between the parents,…