Tomaselli v. Tomaselli

This domestic relations matter is before us on an order directing the wife to show cause why we should not sustain the husband’s appeal from a Family Court decree awarding her a counsel fee of $50. Tomaselli v. Tomaselli, R.I., 379 A.2d 940-41 (1977).

The award arises out of the wife’s motion to adjudge the husband in contempt for failing to make payments required by a temporary support order. Although the husband was in default when that motion was filed, he was current in his payments when a Family Court justice later heard the motion and refused to find him in contempt. In the…