Legal Opinion
Renkoff v. Renkoff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 15, 1955PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The present decree for alimony was procured in 1937, and, therefore, was subject to the power of the court to annul, modify or vary same (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1170). It was unlike the decree in Livingston v. Livingston *877(173 N. Y. 377), which had been procured in 1892 before the present provisions of section 1170 had been adopted (see Griffin v. Griffin, 327 U. S. 220; Karlin v. Karlin, 280 N. Y. 32, and Fox v. Fox, 263 N. Y. 68).
Accordingly, Special Term was not compelled to award a money judgment for the full amount of past due installments of alimony, even those which had accrued prior to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Livingston v. . LivingstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Fox v. FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Karlin v. KarlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
3Cited by5 opinions
- Righter v. RighterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Connors v. ConnorsNew York City Family Court · 1980
- Di Giacomo v. Di GiacomoNew York Supreme Court · 1956
- Oritzland v. OritzlandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1958
- Zeilner v. ZeilnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963