Harris v. Harris
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Esther D. Harris, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of February, 1921, denying plaintiff’s motion to punish the defendant for contempt for failure to pay accrued alimony amounting to $1,082, in violation of a decree of separation; also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of March, 1921, granting defendant’s…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Esther D. Harris, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of February, 1921, denying plaintiff’s motion to punish the defendant for contempt for failure to pay accrued alimony amounting to $1,082, in violation of a decree of separation; also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of March, 1921, granting defendant’s motion to modify the- final decree of separation by relieving him from further obligation to support his wife and directing…
1Opinion of the Court
Greenbaum, J.:
The facts, briefly, are as follows: On December 12, 1918, a decree of separation was entered in favor of the plaintiff. It provided for the payment of thirty dollars weekly alimony to the plaintiff and in addition thereto at least ten dollars per month for the use of the infant daughter of the parties. It also provided that the defendant was entitled to visit his child on certain days and under certain conditions therein *648mentioned, and further that “ the said child shall not be removed outside of the boundary lines of Greater New York, except upon the written consent of the…
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