Becker v. Shapiro

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is a suit by the wife (filed on July 30, 1957, and based on cruel treatment) for a separation from bed and board, the custody of a minor child and alimony. There was judgment in favor of the wife on all three points and the husband has appealed seeking a reversal of the judgment of separation and, in the alternative, a reduction in the alimony award.

The litigants had been married to each other for twenty-five years. Three children were born of the marriage. One is now emanicipated by marriage, another is deceased, and it is the third, a nine year old boy at the time of the…