Wolder v. Wolder

This is an appeal by defendant from a denial of a motion to vacate a divorce decree entered ex parte.

The complaint for divorce filed on March 2, 1959, by Anthony Wolder, charged his wife with extreme and repeated cruelty. Defendant in her sworn answer denied the charges and alleged that she was forced to defend herself from acts of cruelty inflicted on her by plaintiff.

On April 29, 1959, an order was entered requiring plaintiff to pay $35.00 per week for defendant’s support and $150.00 for temporary attorney’s fees, after a hearing by the trial court upon the sworn petition of defendant.…