Davis

Davis v. Davis

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1966 Cal. App. LEXIS 1026·246 Cal. App. 2d 290·54 Cal. Rptr. 621
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 9, 1966Civ. No. 30952California1,921 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

McCoy, J.

This is a petition for a writ of supersedeas (1) staying enforcement of an order of the trial court made on June 17,1966, requiring appellant to pay to the attorney for the guardian attorney fees and costs on appellant’s appeal from an earlier order of March 28,1965, and (2) to restore appellant’s visitation rights as they existed prior to the March 28th order, i.e., a stay of the latter order pending the appeal therefrom. We heretofore denied the petition insofar as it related to the restoration of appellant’s visitation rights, but granted a temporary stay with respect to the order for payment of the guardian’s attorney’s fees and costs until the hearing of the petition.

Appeals have been taken to this court from two orders made by the trial court. The parties involved are Joan Davis, the first wife of Lee Davis, and mother of their child, Julie Ellen Davis; Lee Davis, the father of the child; and Mabel Davis, the second wife of Lee Davis and now the guardian of the child of Joan and Lee Davis.

In April 1957 Joan obtained an interlocutory judgment of divorce from Lee which provided that she should have the custody of their child, Julie, then one year old. (Davis v. Davis,…

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