Yorn v. Yorn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wachenfeld, J.

This is an appeal in a divorce ease from a decree nisi entered by the advisory master below and an appeal from an order increasing respondent’s alimony from $25 to $35 per week and contesting the direction to pay the item of $127 for professional dental services. The divorce was on the ground of extreme cruelty, and though originally an answer was filed, the defendant abandoned his defense and withdrew his answer.

The parties were married on December 27th, 1942, and lived together until July 12th, 1943, when the petitioner left her husband…