Jaeger
Jaeger v. Jaeger
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Cashin, J.
Respondent Lillian Fisk Jaeger was formerly the wife of Samuel Allen Jaeger, an incompetent person, who appears as appellant herein by James E. Edwards, the guardian of his estate. The only issue of the marriage was Pualeilani Jaeger, a minor, whose age at the date of the orders hereinafter mentioned was four years, and of whose person and estate respondent has since June 23, 1922, been the duly appointed, qualified and acting guardian. By a final decree of the superior court of Sonoma County, entered on July 27, 1922, the parties were divorced, the grounds therefor being the fault of appellant. The care and custody of said minor by said decree were awarded to respondent. By the decree appellant was ordered to pay to respondent the sum of $100 each month for her support, and for the maintenance, support and education of the minor the further sum of $30 each month. After the interlocutory decree and before the entry of the final decree, after proceedings regularly had, appellant was adjudged to be incompetent, and the said James E. Edwards was duly appointed and qualified as the guardian of his estate. Thereafter, during the month of February, 1923, the said minor became ill, due…