129 N.Y.S. 1035 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1911
Lead Opinion
The defendant appeals from an order directing the clerk to docket as a ■ judgment the amount, due from defendant to plaintiff for' unpaid alimony awarded by a final decree of divorce.
On January 7, 1909, the plaintiff' recovered a judgment of divorce against defendant wherein said defendant was ordered and directed to. pay alimony to said plaintiff at and after the rate of $150 per month. This he did for a few months, but failed to pay the installment for the month of November, 1909, whereupon plaintiff undertook by proceedings to punish him as. for a contempt to compel the payment of the unpaid
In the present case the order was made upon -notice to the defendant. We do not consider that any notice was necessary. If - it were, a defendant might avoid the enforcement of a decree for alimony by absenting himself from the State, although he might have ample property within the State which could be reached by execution, and it is, at least, doubtful whether, after final judgment, service of notice upon his attorneys would be equivalent to notice to him. It is-suffi cient that the court is satisfied from the proof presented to. it that both parties are still alive, and that the alimony remains unpaid. If the court is misled and an installment improperly
The order appealed from is affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.
Concurrence Opinion
I concur in the result, hut am of opinion that notice is required, which was given in this case.
Order affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.