Gomes v. Gomes

Citations

• 25 Haw. 793
• 1921 Haw. LEXIS 44

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — attorney’s fee on appeal — allowance ~by supreme court.</p> <p>This court has incident to its appellate jurisdiction in matters of divorce and separation the authority after an appeal has been perfected to require the husband in a proper case to advance to the wife a sum sufficient to put her on an equality with him in the matter of employing counsel to represent her on appeal.</p> <p>Same — same—application of Sec. 2985 R. L. 1915.</p> <p>Sec. 2935 R. L. 1915 deals only with the authority of circuit judges at chambers to grant alimony and expenses of trial and is neither a grant of authority to, nor a limitation upon the authority of, this court to allow the wife an attorney’s fee after the cause reaches this court on appeal.</p> <p>Same — same—principles governing allowance.</p> <p>The principles of the common law govern this court in determining whether or not in a given casé the wife is entitled to an allowance to enable her to employ counsel to represent her on appeal. ,</p>