Salvatore v. Salvatore

There is presented a novel phase of the recurrent question of the precise meaning and scope of subdivision 4 of section 137 of the Domestic Relations Court Act of the City of New York (L. 1933, ch. 482), which reads: “ After final adjudication by the supreme court denying alimony in a separation action, if in the opinion of the family court the circumstances of the parties have changed, or- if it is shown to the satisfaction of the family court that the petitioner is likely to become a public charge, the family court may entertain a petition for support.”

The parties were married on January…