Dillon v. Dillon

This is an appeal by plaintiff’s former husband, from a modification of the provision in a decree of divorce whereby the amount defendant was ordered to pay for the support of minor children was increased. In January, 1939, plaintiff was granted a pro confesso decree of divorce. She was given the custody of 6 children born of the marriage, whose ages varied from 4 to 15 years, until they became 16 years of age or the further order of the court. The decree provided that defendant should make weekly payments of $10 to the clerk of the court who should “transmit all 'sums of money so paid to…