GIERKONT v. GIERKONT


46 N.J. Super. 112 (1957)

134 A.2d 10

JOSEPH GIERKONT, SR., COMPLAINANT-RESPONDENT. v. JOSEPH GIERKONT, JR., AND HELEN TINTLE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marshall Crowley, County Counsel for Essex County, appearing pursuant to R.R. 1:2-8(d) (Mr. G. Hugh Courter, attorney for complainant-respondent and Essex County Welfare Board).

Mr. Eugene A. Liotta argued the cause for defendants-appellants.

Before Judges FRANCIS, STANTON and LEYDEN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by FRANCIS, J.A.D.

This appeal is from an order of the Domestic Relations Court requiring appellants Joseph Gierkont, Jr. and Helen Tintle, who are brother and sister, to contribute weekly $9.10 and $7.30, respectively, toward the support of their indigent father.

The record discloses that since October 1, 1956 plaintiff, Joseph Gierkont, Sr., has been receiving $74 monthly through the Essex County Welfare Board as a...

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