Juliette S. v. William S.

This is a proceeding for enforcement of a Mexican divorce decree issued in 1962, incorporating a separation agreement. The major legal issue is whether, for the purpose of this court’s entry of a current support order, the decree is to he treated as incorporating the separation agreement as it was originally signed in 1962, prior to the decree, or as it was modified in 1963.

Under the agreement as signed in 1962, the support payment required for petitioner, the former wifp, and for the child of the marriage is $1,250 a month; petitioner seeks a support order of that amount. In the 1963…