Burdick

A suit for divorce was instituted by the respondent herein, the appellant served and filed an answer and cross-complaint, and respondent answered the pleading last mentioned. The complaint alleged nonsupport and desertion, the existence of community property in Riverside County, and that $250 was a reasonable fee for an attorney whom the plaintiff was compelled to employ in order to present her action. She prayed judgment dissolving the bonds of matrimony, all of the realty constituting the community property, attorney’s fees in said amount, and temporary alimony and permanent maintenance, together with costs incurred. The answer denied all of the material allegations of the complaint, except the marriage, alleging desertion upon the part of the plaintiff, and in the cross-complaint alleged desertion and adultery of the cross-defendant, and prayed a dissolution of the marital bonds. It appears from the pleadings of the parties that they were married in the state of Kansas. It is alleged by the plaintiff and respondent that they separated in the county of Riverside more than twelve years previously to her suit for divorce, and that she was at the time of filing her complaint…