Legal Opinion
Payton v. Payton
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 8, 1963No. 3119PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a final judgment which, while granting appellant wife a limited divorce, custody of two minor children and counsel fees, omitted any alimony for her. Appellant complains that this omission was an abuse of the trial court’s discretion. She also contends that the court erred in fixing inadequate amounts for the support of the children and for legal fees. Another appeal is taken from the action of the trial court in denying, for lack of jurisdiction, the wife’s motion, filed some six weeks after the notation of her first appeal to this court, to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morfessis v. Hollywood Credit Clothing Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
- Foley v. FoleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- DeSipio v. DeSipioDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- District of Columbia v. BosleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
3Cited by18 opinions
- Norris v. NorrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Hamilton Ex Rel. Hamilton v. HamiltonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Rzeszotarski v. RzeszotarskiDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Benvenuto v. BenvenutoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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