Martin v. Martin

The within proceeding pointedly demonstrates the continuing jurisdiction of this court and the fact there is no agreement or decree of divorce which closes all avenues of a possible return to the matrimonial courts regardless of lapse of time or events.

On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of their divorce after a childless marriage lasting seven and one half years, the petitioning wife now seeks upward modification of a judgment of divorce entered in the Republic of Mexico on January 5, 1953 providing for the payment of $25 per week to her. Respondent has paid this order apparently without…