Robinson

Robinson v. Superior Court

Good Law
186 Cal. App. 2d 644·1960 Cal. App. LEXIS 1679·9 Cal. Rptr. 130
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 23, 1960Civ. 25024California2,310 words

Opinion

Opinion

Nourse, J.

This is a petition for a writ of review by means of which petitioner seeks to annul a judgment of respondent court holding her in contempt of that court and imposing certain sanctions upon her because of that contempt.

Petitioner and one Bruce Humberstone, real party in interest here and hereafter called “Humberstone,” were husband and wife. In May, 1957, an interlocutory decree of divorce was entered in an action commenced by petitioner and by which the petitioner was adjudged entitled to a divorce.

A property settlement agreement, by the terms of which Humberstone acknowledged himself to be indebted to the petitioner in the sum of $1,750.75 and agreed to pay her for her support a minimum sum of $250 per month and which gave the custody of the minor child of the parties to petitioner with the right of reasonable visitation in Humberstone, was approved by the court and incorporated as a part of the decree.

Thereafter on February 29,1960, the respondent court made and entered its order modifying the interlocutory decree and giving the custody of the minor child to Humberstone with rights in the petitioner to reasonable visitation.

On June 21, 1960, the petitioner caused a writ…

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