LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Sarah L. Vine vs. George Vine
Citation: 21 R.I. 190
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1899-02-10
Docket Number: 
Pages: 190–191
Volume: 21
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Sarah L. Vine vs. George Vine.

Sarah L. Vine vs. George Vine.
PROVIDENCE
FEBRUARY 10, 1899.
Present: Matteson, C. J., Stiness and Tillinghast, JJ.
(L) Divorce. Jurisdiction of Incidental Matters. Allowance pendente lile. Remedy Thereon.
Tlie Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction in divorce, and of all incidental matters arising therein.
An action at law cannot be maintained for an allowance pendente lite in a petition for divorce. Such a decree, being' interlocutory, and subject to change, cannot be the foundation of an action as upon a final judgment.
Assumpsit for allowance made to plaintiff for her support during the pendency of a petition for divorce. Certified from the Common Pleas Division, and heard on demurrer to declaration.

Per Curiam.
By Gen. Laws R. I. cap. 222, § 4, cap. 195, § 14, exclusive jurisdiction in divorce and incidental matters arising therein is vested in the Appellate Division of this court. We are of the opinion, therefore, that no action can be .maintained in any other court to recover an allowance made to a wife for her support during the pendency of the petition for divorce, but that recourse must be had to the remedies prescribed by the rule of this Division.
Dennis J. Holland, for plaintiff.
Franklin P. Oiuen and John P. Beagan, for defendant.
Moreover, a decree for an allowance penclente lite is an interlocutory decree, subject to revocation or modification at any time by tbe court which made it, and consequently cannot be the foundation of an action as upon a final judgment. i Wait’s Actions and Defences, 187, § 5.