CARDENAS v. CARDENAS

Gen. No. 46,929.

12 Ill. App.2d 497 (1956)

140 N.E.2d 377

Martha Cardenas, Appellant, v. Trinidad Cardenas, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Rehearing denied January 15, 1957.

Released for publication March 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Gilbert, of Chicago, for appellant.

Eugene Propp, of Chicago, for appellee.


JUDGE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

The primary question presented to us on this appeal is whether a court of equity, having entered a decree of annulment of a marriage, has jurisdiction with respect to matters relating to the care and custody of a minor child. It is a matter of first impression in Illinois.

On August 27, 1954, plaintiff filed a suit for separate maintenance, later amended to divorce, alleging that she had been married in Chicago...

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