Jacqueline S. v. Gerald C.

A classic pattern of shifting marital and parent-child relationships in these days of unstable marriages, quick divorces, immediate remarriages and increasing emancipation of the respective sexes emerges from the testimony before the court on this support matter. Because these facts appear to be increasingly common and differing sociological philosophies underlie some of the landmark cases, a backward and forward perspective seems in order.

Petitioner, the former wife, moves for an order enforcing a foreign divorce decree. Respondent, the former husband, cross-petitions for a downward…