Fiorentino v. Fiorentino

An action for separation between the parties was pending in the Supreme Court when petitioner’s application for an increased allowance to provide for the support of the children was granted in the Domestic Relations Court. In such case the only basis for the exercise of jurisdiction by that court is a showing that the minor children, in whose behalf the application had been made, were likely to become public charges. (Matter of Costa v. Costa, 247 App. Div. 192; Dom. Rel. Ct. Act, § 137.) The undisputed testimony here is that the rent and all lighting bills of the apartment in which the…