McLeod v. McLeod

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

This is an appeal by the husband, a practicing physician of Highland Park, New Jersey, from an order of the Court of Chancery, entered March 25th, 1941, increasing the amount of permanent alimony awarded on final hearing October 9th, 1939, and allowing additional counsel fee.

A final decree of divorce a mensa et ihoro, which the husband did not contest, was obtained by the wife, on the ground of extreme cruelty. It gave the wife custody of the three infant children and ordered the husband to pay for the support and maintenance of the wife and…