PENCOVIC v. PENCOVIC

Docket No. S.F. 19037.

45 Cal.2d 97 (1955)

287 P.2d 501

LUCYLE W. PENCOVIC, Respondent, v. FRANCIS H. PENCOVIC, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gross & Svenson and Henry J. Gross for Appellant.

Edwards & Friborg and Alan G. Banks for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1937 and had two children, a son and a daughter. In 1944 plaintiff obtained a divorce and was given custody of the children, who were then 6 and 4 years of age respectively. Defendant was ordered to pay $20 per month for the support of each child. He made one payment, entered the army, and authorized an allotment for his children. From the time of his discharge late in 1945 until 1951 he made no payments for the...

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