Bause

Bause v. Bause

Good Law
1967 Cal. App. LEXIS 1522·252 Cal. App. 2d 464·60 Cal. Rptr. 429
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 11, 1967Civ. No. 31004California1,127 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Fourt, J.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree of divorce.

On January 23, 1964, Odessa R. Bause (hereinafter referred to as wife) filed a complaint in divorce against Lawrence John Bause (hereinafter referred to as husband). The husband answered the complaint on February 3, 1964, and filed a cross-complaint for divorce. An answer to the cross-complaint was filed February 25, 1964. No demurrers were filed. None of the pleadings nor any of the pretrial papers contain any reference to or claim of condonation by either party. Trial was had commencing November 29, 1965, and continuing on following days. Findings of fact and conclusions of law and judgment were signed and filed on December 9, 1965. The judgment provided, in effect, that the husband be .•awarded a divorce from the wife, that the community property be divided as stated and set forth in the decree, that the husband pay a specified sum for attorney’s fees for the wife, that the husband pay to the wife the sum of $3,600 and an additional sum of $480.

Some of the facts are as follows: The wife was a weight lifter and had worked on occasions in a taxi dance hall. She frequently went to dances and had breakfast with her…

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