Berberian v. Berberian

This proceeding arises as a result of a petition for a divorce from bed and board filed by the petitioner. See Berberian v. Berberian, 109 R. I. 273, 284 A.2d 72 (1971). The case is before us on the respondent’s appeal from an interlocutory decree entered by the Family Court granting the petitioner’s motion for a counsel fee.

The respondent challenges the legality of the decree on several grounds. However, he has chosen the wrong vehicle in seeking review by this court of the Family Court's decree and, consequently, the case is not properly here. It is the settled law in this state that an…