Alabama Code 30-4-58. Issuance of order for temporary support of wife or children pending trial, appeal, etc
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 30-4-58
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
At any time before or at the trial or pending an appeal to the circuit court, upon motion of the complainant and upon notice to the defendant, no formal notice being necessary if the defendant be present in court and informed of said motion, the judge of said court may enter such temporary orders as may seem just, providing for the support of the neglected wife or children, or both, pendente lite, and may punish violations of such order as contempt of court, as provided by law for the punishment of contempts of the court in which such case is pending.