Robinson v. Robinson

Citations

• 112 Miss. 224
• 72 So. 923

Syllabus

<p>1. Divorce. Alimony. Custody of children. Proceeding to modify decree. Payment of wife’s counsel fees.</p> <p>Tbe allowance of alimony is justified by tbe natural obligation of tbe husband as tbe bread winner of tbe family, to support his wife. If there is no legal ■ marriage of tbe parties, there is no legal obligation on tbe husband for this support or for alimony.</p> <p>2. Divorce. Custody of children. Proceedings to modify decree. Payment of wife’s counsel fees.</p> <p>Where a husband and wife have been divorced and the wife allowed alimony in a gross sum, the husband is not liable for the wife’s counsel fees in a subsequent proceeding to modify the final decree in the-divorce proceeding so as to award the custody of the children to the wife, since the parties were then legally strangers to each other and there being no statutory authority for such an allowance.</p>