Questão jurídica principal
Whether the husband's counterclaim for maintenance in protective-measures proceedings remained admissible after the wife withdrew her main request and divorce was later pronounced.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The husband retained a claim to have maintenance fixed for the period before the divorce became final, and the proceedings could not be closed without examining that claim.
Fundamentação extraída
Protective measures remain effective until replaced by divorce maintenance. The withdrawal of the main request did not extinguish admissible counterclaims under the applicable procedural law, and the later divorce did not eliminate competence to decide maintenance for the pre-divorce period.