PAINE v. PAINE

No. 4916.

267 A.2d 356 (1970)

Rene Evans PAINE, Jr., Appellant, v. Eleanor S. PAINE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Grimaldi, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher, William E. Stewart, Jr. and William H. Clarke, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

John Alexander, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER, Associate Judge, and QUINN, Associate Judge, Retired.


HOOD, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the Domestic Relations Branch of the trial court has jurisdiction to order a father to pay his divorced wife a sum of money to reimburse her in part or in full for counsel fees expended by her in contesting his actions respecting the custody of their minor children previously awarded to her in a divorce decree in another jurisdiction. The facts giving rise to this question are as follows.

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