Kreiger v. Kreiger

Opinion of the Court by

Mr. Justice Douglas, announced by Mr. Justice Reed.

This is a companion case to Estin v. Estin, ante, p. 541, also here on certiorari to the Court of Appeals of New York'.

The parties were married in New York in 1933 and lived there together until their separation in 1935. In 1940 respondent obtained a decree of separation in New York on grounds of abandonment. Petitioner appeared in the action; and respondent was awarded $60 a week alimony for the support of herself and their only child, whose custody she was given.

Petitioner thereafter went to Nevada where he continues…