Blumenthal v. Blumenthal

I agree that there must be a reversal, but I do not agree that the scope of the trial on the merits should be limited to the question of monthly support payments.

Under the majority decision plaintiff will be required to take part of her case to the United States District Court. But Congress has removed from that court the whole field of domestic relations jurisdiction and vested it in the new Domestic Relations Branch, without reservation. It specifically included “civil actions to enforce support of minor children.” Code 1951, Sec. 11-762 (Supp. VII). It also spelled out the jurisdictional…