Smith v. Smith

This is a proceeding brought on by the defendant-petitioner seeking support for herself from plaintiff-respondent. It is here by referral from the Supreme Court.

By decree dated November 13,1968, the Supreme Court, Yates County, New York, dissolved the bonds of matrimony therefor existing between Phillip S. Smith, plaintiff and Ethel S. Smith, defendant, the grounds for such divorce being extreme cruelty on the part of the defendant toward the plaintiff. In addition to dissolving the marriage, the decree awarded custody of the minor issue of the marriage to the defendant, gave the plaintiff…