Dracovich

Dracovich v. Dracovich

Good Law
1921 Cal. App. LEXIS 315·53 Cal. App. 361·200 P. 44
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 29, 1921Civ. No. 3541.California1,783 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Finlayson, J.

This is an action for divorce brought by the wife against the husband upon the grounds of willful desertion, willful neglect, and extreme cruelty. The court entered an interlocutory decree in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals.

In his answer, defendant denies the material averments of the complaint respecting the several alleged grounds for a divorce; and in a cross-complaint charging plaintiff with willful desertion, he prays that he be granted the divorce. The court adjudged that plaintiff is entitled to the divorce, and that on the expiration of a year from the entry of the interlocutory decree a final judgment be entered dissolving the bonds of matrimony. The court further ■ adjudged that plaintiff have the custody of the minor children; that defendant pay plaintiff for the support and maintenance of the children ten dollars per week; and that he pay her seventy-five dollars as attorney’s fees and likewise her costs.

The judgment makes no disposition of the community property, nor does it require the husband to pay any alimony. He, therefore, has no ground for complaint respecting either of those matters. His cross-complaint does not pray for a division…

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