Call v. Call
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. Libel for divorce by the wife, containing a prayer for alimony and for provision for the support of Elleu C. Call a minor child of the parties.
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On exceptions. Libel for divorce by the wife, containing a prayer for alimony and for provision for the support of Elleu C. Call a minor child of the parties. A divorce a vinculo was decreed in favor of the libelant, and the custody of the child awarded to her, at the October term, 1874. Thereafterwards upon hearing of libelant’s motion for alimony and provision for the child, the libelee’s counsel contended that such provision for the child should be a periodical allowance made to continue so long as the mother should have the care of her, and until the court might otherwise order; but the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalton, J.
This is a divorce suit. It is before the law court on two separate bills of exceptions. The first was taken at the October term, 1874, and the other at the April term, 1875. Both relate to allowances made to the wife for the support of herself *409and a minor child, the care and custody of which were decreed to her. The first question is whether exceptions lie in such cases.
I. The B. S., c. 60, § 6, declares that pending a libel, the court may order the husband to pay the clerk, for the wife, a suitable sum of money for her defense, or prosecution thereof, and to make reasonable provision for her…
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