[DOWNLOAD] "Bunn v. Bunn" by Supreme Court of New York * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Bunn v. Bunn
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 20, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 49 KB
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"Alimony, as that term is used in the law, is an allowance made for the support of the wife out of the estate of the husband by order of court in an appropriate proceeding, and is either temporary or permanent." Stanley v. Stanley, 226 N.C. 129, 37 S.E.2d 118. Consent judgments for the payment of subsistence to the wife are of two kinds. In one, the court merely approves or sanctions the payments which the husband has agreed to make for the wifes support and sets them out in a judgment against him. Such a judgment constitutes nothing more than a contract between the parties made with the approval of the court. Since the court itself does not in such case order the payments, the amount specified therein is not technically alimony. In the other, the court adopts the agreement of the parties as its own determination of their respective rights and obligations and orders the husband to pay the specified amounts as alimony.