Willen

An interlocutorydecree of divorce was granted to Sophia Willen (sometimes known as Sophie Willen) upon her cross-complaint against respondent Samuel Willen on the ground of extreme cruelty. Appellant was awarded the sum of $40 per month for the support of herself and children of the marriage. Respondent was receiving certain disability benefits amounting to $150 each month from two insurance policies on his life, which the court found were part of the community property of the marriage, and he was required to pay the above sum to his wife from the amounts received under the policies. The decree was entered on December 30, 1929, and no appeal was taken therefrom. On February 20, 1931, the interlocutory decree was amended to provide that payments by the insurers should be made to a receiver appointed by the court, who was directed to pay Mrs. Willen the sum of $40 monthly, and to her husband the balance. The amended decree also declared the amounts allowed as alimony to be a lien on the policies and the amounts payable thereunder to secure the payments decreed. This order was appealed from by Samuel Willen and was subsequently affirmed (Willen v. Willen, 119 Cal. App. 483 [ 6 Pac.…