Stevens

Stevens v. Stevens

Good Law
129 Cal. App. 2d 19·1954 Cal. App. LEXIS 1556·276 P.2d 139
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 19, 1954Civ. 20187California328 words

Opinion

Opinion

McCOMB, J.

Plaintiff appeals from (1) a minute order entered September 18, 1953, (2) an order made September 22, 1953, and (3) an order made October 1, 1953. The orders appealed from (a) directed defendant to pay plaintiff for her support $250 a month, commencing September 20, 1953, and to pay her attorney $50 court costs and $500 attorney’s fees at the rate of $50 a month, the first payment to commence October 1, 1953, and (b) awarded plaintiff the exclusive use and occupancy of the family home, with the exception of a studio attached thereto. The studio was awarded to defendant who is a musical composer and uses it in the pursuit of his profession.

This is the sole question necessary for us to determine:

Yes. The present appeal is upon the clerk’s transcript solely, without any record of the evidence presented at the hearing. Therefore it cannot be held on such a record that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the orders of the trial court and the findings in support thereof. The rule is established that in the absence of a record of the evidence received at the hearing it will be presumed that the trial court acted duly and regularly and received substantial evidence to support…

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