SANTIAGO v. SANTIAGO

No. 77-80-Appeal.

412 A.2d 222 (1980)

Ana Dalomba SANTIAGO v. Faustino Gonsalves SANTIAGO.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Shawcross, Chief Legal Counsel, Dept. of Social and Rehabilitative Services, Cranston, for petitioner.

Kirshenbaum & Kirshenbaum, Alfred Factor, Providence, for respondent.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

Ana and Faustino Santiago were divorced by a decree entered in the Family Court on November 12, 1976. Faustino is before us on this appeal from a portion of the decree which directs the Family Court clerk to take approximately $3,750 that is presently on deposit in the court's registry and "pay [it] over to the State of Rhode Island." We shall first detail the reasons for the payover order and then discuss Faustino's jurisdictional...

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