Crawford v. Crawford

This is a motion made by the plaintiff to amend the final judgment of divorce which she obtained in an action brought by her several years ago against the defendant. The final decree, the amendment of which is thus sought, was entered in Westchester county on February 6, 1920. It contained no direction providing for the plaintiff’s support — at least, none in the ordinary sense in which the word “ direction ” is understood, and in which it is usually construed to have been used in our statutes. (Code Civ. Proc. § 1771; Civ. Prac. Act, § 1170.) This motion is made for the purpose of amending…