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MARTIN v. MARTIN

No. 2809.

173 A.2d 916 (1961)

Robert W. MARTIN, Appellant, v. Gloria P. MARTIN, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Harris, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Frederick H. Evans, Washington, D. C., with whom William S. Thompson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).

PER CURIAM.

In this maintenance suit the trial court entered an order requiring defendant husband to make periodic payments for the support of his wife and two children, and awarded custody of the children to the mother.

The only error claimed is the refusal of a continuance. The husband had at least one week's advance notice of the trial date but did not appear. He sent word through his attorney that he was ill; but he did not furnish a medical certificate...

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