Ciallella v. Ciallella

This proceeding was brought by a wife to have her former husband held in contempt for failure to make payments as ordered by a final decree of divorce. After a hearing before a justice of the superior court, a decree was entered finding the husband to be in contempt and permitting him to purge himself by making payments as specified therein. From that decree he has prosecuted an appeal to this court.

It appears that Carmen William Ciallella originally brought a petition for absolute divorce against his wife Angelina Ciallella, who filed a cross-petition thereto. After a hearing in the superior…