Legal Opinion
Martin v. Sparks
New York Family Court
Decided October 23, 1951PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBolin, J.
There is squarely presented for determination the recurrent question whether this court has the power to enter an order for support of minor children of divorced parents in a sum exceeding the amount awarded in a New York Supreme Court final divorce judgment.
For the following reasons I am reluctantly constrained to answer that question in the negative.
In February, 1943, there was entered in the Supreme Court, Bronx County, a final judgment of divorce, in favor of the mother and against the father of John and Ruth Miriam Sparks, which granted custody to the mother and directed the father to…
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