Thayer v. Thayer

On July 3, 1969, John B. Thayer, Jr., respondent, filed a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari to review and stay all orders entered by the Family Court after a hearing in that court on June 27, 1969. On July 31, 1969, we granted the respondent’s motion in part. In ordering the writ to issue we denied the respondent’s request for a stay, except with respect to his wife’s counsel fee, which the Family Court had ordered the respondent to pay.

The record discloses the following pertinent facts. On October 31, 1967, Elizabeth J. Thayer, hereinafter sometimes referred to as…