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Foreign Ex Parte Divorces And Local Claims To Alimony, George W. Stumberg
Foreign Ex Parte Divorces And Local Claims To Alimony, George W. Stumberg
Washington Law Review
It will be recalled that in Williams v. North Carolina, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the fact of domicile as a jurisdictional factor for divorce may be questioned abroad when the matter of full faith and credit is in issue there. On the same day that this case was decided, a majority of the Court arrived at the same conclusion in the case of Esenwein v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Except for the concurring opinion of Justice Douglas, the Esenwein case would have no particular significance. The background facts were similar to those in the second Williams …
Alimony In Washington: A Note To The Legislature, Ramón E. Brown
Alimony In Washington: A Note To The Legislature, Ramón E. Brown
Washington Law Review
The award of permanent alimony upon a divorce a vinculo, though involving the judicial process, is historically and theoretically dependent upon such power as the legislature of the particular jurisdiction deems fit to confer upon the courts. The Washington court has necessarily recognized this since in every case where the point was raised the court looked to the statutes for its authority. The divorce act now in effect, however, does not confer such power upon the courts! Undoubtedly there have been many awards of alimony since the passage of the present divorce act in 1949, but not under it. Unless …