Popik v. Popik

This case arises from the parties’ divorce. The defendant excepts to the portions of the final decree which order him to pay $100 per week for support and to pay $3,500 representing a period of thirty-five weeks prior to the filing of the libel during which he made no payments to the plaintiff.

The following facts appear in the record: The defendant is a Navy officer. In February 1972 he was stationed in Hawaii and was about to be reassigned to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The parties had experienced difficulties in their marriage, but it appears that the plaintiff had not definitely decided to…