Legal Opinion
Purdy v. Purdy
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided May 19, 1931No. 113PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLemert, J.
For a proper determination of this case it is necessary to note the provisions of §11,981 GC, which' is as follows:
“No clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall receive or file a petition for divorce, or alimony until the party named as plaintiff therein, or some one on his or her behalf, makes prepayment or deposit with the Clerk of such an amount as will cover the costs likely to accrue in the action exclusive of attorney fee, or gives such security for the costs as in the judgment of the clerk is satisfactory; but when a plaintiff makes affidavit of inability either to prepay or give…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Alter v. ShearwoodOhio Supreme Court · 1926
3Cited by2 opinions
- Berghean v. BergheanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1943
- Soyk v. SoykOhio Court of Appeals · 1975