VAN RENSSELAER v. VAN RENSSELAER

No. 4851.

103 N.H. 23 (1960)

VERA B. VAN RENSSELAER v. CHARLES A. VAN RENSSELAER, JR.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided October 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Winer & Lynch (Mr. Winer orally), for the plaintiff.

Orr & Reno and John W. Barto (Mr. Barto orally), for the defendant.


WHEELER, J.

Authority to grant separate maintenance in this state is of statutory origin and exists only in those situations set forth in the statute (RSA 458:31) which provides: ". . . whenever a cause is in existence which is, or if continued will be, a cause for divorce, the superior court, upon petition and such procedure thereon as in divorce cases, may restrain either party from interfering with the personal liberty of the other and from entering the tenement...

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