CLARKE v. CLARKE

Docket No. L.A. 21201.

35 Cal.2d 259 (1950)

217 P.2d 401

ROBERT E. CLARKE, Appellant, v. DOROTHY P. CLARKE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence Hansen for Appellant.

Vaughan, Brandlin & Wehrle and Warren J. Lane for Respondent.


SHENK, J.

The plaintiff has appealed from an order modifying the provisions of an interlocutory divorce decree with respect of custody of the minor daughter of the parties.

On March 29, 1948, the plaintiff husband filed a complaint for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty. At that time the child was 20 months old. In the complaint it was alleged that the defendant wife was a fit and proper person to have the...

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