Legal Opinion

Gumbin v. Gumbin

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1953No. Calendar 45,766PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDethmers, C. J.

Plaintiff appeals, on leave granted, from an interlocutory order requiring him to pay defendant’s attorneys the' sum of $1,000, as a so-called temporary attorney fee, to enable defendant to prosecute her petition, filed herein, seeking modification of a divorce decree, awarded plaintiff 6 years earlier, to effect a change in the property settlement and alimony provisions thereof on the grounds of fraud and changed conditions. Plaintiff contends that the court is without jurisdiction to grant the modification prayed or the order for at torney fees because no reservation of authority to amend…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Harner v. HarnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Eddy v. EddyMichigan Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Havens v. Havens-AnthonyMichigan Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Mack v. MackMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Hintz v. Wayne Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1928

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Butler v. ButlerMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Kavanagh v. KavanaghMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971

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