Olshin v. Olshin

Section 1171 of the Civil Practice Act authorizes the court to require a husband to give reasonable security for the payment of alimony. The facts here presented call for the exercise of the power thus conferred. (Maney v. Maney, 119 App. Div. 765.) It may be that a defendant cannot be punished for contempt for failure to comply with an order which directs the giving of an undertaking. (People ex rel. Ready v. Walsh, 132 App. Div. 462; Moore v. Moore, 142 id. 459; Pelz v. Pelz, 182 id. 923. But see contra, Lewis v. Lewis, 127 Misc. 788.) This would be no reason, however, for refusing to make…