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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

[77 STAT.

(2) enjoin any disposition of the husband's property to avoid the collection of the allowances so required; (3) if the husband fails or refuses to pay the alimony or suit money, sequestrate his property and apply the income thereof to such objects; and (4) determine who shall have the care and custody of infant children pending the proceedings. § 16-912. Permanent alimony; enforcement; retention of dower When a divorce is granted to the wife, the court may decree her permanent alimony sufficient for her support and that of any minor children whom the court assigns to her care, and secure and enforce the payment of the alimony in the manner prescribed by section 16-911, and may, if it seems appropriate, retain to the wife her right of dower in the husband's estate; and the court may, in similar circumstances, retain to the husband his right of dower in the wife's estate. §16-913. Alimony virhen divorce is granted on husband's application When a divorce is granted on the application of the hust>and, the court may require him to pay alimony to the wife, if it seems just and proper. § 1&-914. Retention of jurisdiction as to alimony and custody of children After the issuance of a decree of divorce granting alimony and providing for the care and custody of children, the case shall still be considered open for any future orders relating to those matters. § 16-915. Restoration of wife's maiden or other previous name In granting a divorce from the bond of marriage, the court may restore to the wife her maiden or other previous name. § 16-916. Maintenance of wife and minor children; enforcement When a husband fails or refuses to maintain his wife and minor children, if any, although able so to do, the court, on application of the wife, pendente lite and permanently, may decree that he shall pay her, periodically, such sums as would be allowed to her as pendente lite or permanent alimony in case of divorce for the maintenance of herself and the minor children, if any, committed to her care by the court. The court may enforce the payment thereof in the same manner as directed in regard to the payment of permanent alimony. § 16-917. Co-respondents as defendants; service of process In a divorce case where adultery is charged, the person or persons with whom the adultery is charged to have been committed shall be made defendant or defendants and brought in by personal service of process or by publication as in other cases. §16-918. Assignment of counsel in uncontested cases; compensation In all uncontested divorce cases, and in any other divorce or annulment case where the court deems it necessary or proper, a disinterested attorney shall be assigned by the court to enter his appearance for the defendant and actively defend the cause. The attorney shall receive such compensation for his services as the court determines to be proper, which shall be paid by the parties as the court directs. § 16-919. Proof required on default or admission of defendant A decree for a divorce, or a decree annulling a marriage, may not be rendered on default, without proof; and an admission contained in the answer of the defendant may not be taken as proof of the facts

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